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Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules
From: Chuck Vose <vosechu () roman-fleuve com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:53:40 -0700
There is no God-given, natural law or Constitutional right to Internet access. What there is are for-profit companies (mostly) that provide various levels of Internet access, for a fee, under contractual agreement.
Btw: *Most* DSL and cable broadband providers do have SOHO/business packages that allow the running of services and give one static IP addresses. Many areas of the country have alternate (usually DSL) broadband providers that can supply business-class connectivity. Of course: These options all come at a price.
There are even other things that DSL that can also work nicely for remote areas. Satelite is the farthest reaching but usually has terrible upload. ISDN can get rates up to 1.544 Mbps and is very far reaching if I recall correctly. I agree with Jim, no company is obligated to provide you anything not implicitly stated, especially if it causes the company loss of revenue or general hassle. There are very few ISP monopolies, China is one of the few that managed it. There is almost always another way provided you're willing to do the research or lay 100baseT4 lines yourself. Why not just find a nice colocation or free server? Beigetower.org is still one of my favorites and it's free, full shell and everything. Good Luck, apologies for jumping into the middle of a conversation, Chuck Vose _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Chuck Vose (Sep 07)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Christopher Hicks (Sep 08)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Jim Seymour (Sep 15)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Mister Coffee (Sep 15)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules David Lang (Sep 16)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Jim Seymour (Sep 16)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules David Lang (Sep 16)
- Re: About Port Forwarding, Apache and Firewall Rules Christopher Hicks (Sep 08)