Re: [MISC] SBC Blocks Port 25 - No Exceptions.

["J.A. Terranson" <measl () mfn org>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, noconflic wrote:

> >     Even the most rabid "block port-25 everywhere" can't agree that
> > this is the right way to do this.  As for the ~$60.00 we pay every month
> > for "Business Class" service - what the hell is that money *buying*???
>
>   Unless something in thier policy has changed, you can opt-out here:
>    http://help.sbcglobal.net/legacy/abuseform/
>
>   worked for me.

Good.  Hopefully it will work for us as well (yes, we filled it out
earlier today).  Nevertheless, it does not change the fact that SWb
started blocking *BUSINESS* customers, *without warning of ANY kind*,
while charging a significant premium for service, and without any
mechanism in place to *immediately* reverse this change.  In fact, SWB
should have either announced this was coming in their monthly bill, and
given everyone a chance to go elsewhere, or they should have had a
pre-optout choice so that customers were not brought down without warning
and without recourse.

Fortunately for us we are only using this for office to datacenter
connectivity, and can fudge a temporary solution to carry us through this:
what about other small companies who actually *rely* on this as their
primary connectivity?

> - nocon



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