[olug] Cox and Web Servers

Tue Oct 8 20:41:32 UTC 2002

Where is this page sitting to redirect to your site???

Trent

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-admin at olug.org [mailto:olug-admin at olug.org]On Behalf Of
Jonathan Warren
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 3:43 PM
To: olug at olug.org
Subject: Re: [olug] Cox and Web Servers

I run on an off port and have used this html frame to redirect to my page.
<HTML>
<frameset cols="100%" border="0" framespacing="0" frameborder="0">
    <frame src="http://hostname:port/">
</frameset>
</HTML>

Than I post this as index.html on some public html server like
members.cox.net.

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 03:29:26PM -0500, William E. Kempf wrote:
> How does everyone else work around Cox blocking port 80?  Specifically, is
> there some other port you'd recommend running on instead, and is there
some
> service similar to dyndns that would map an URL transparently to this
> alternate port?  Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but it seems like such
a
> service could be provided.  If not, short of paying Cox the ridiculous
fees
> they want for a business connection, which this isn't, is there any other
> way to get Cox to open the port up, such as complaining to the right
> individual about how this is a terrible business practice on their part.
> And lastly, if there's no palatable answer to any of these questions, is
> there an alternative high speed Internet provider that doesn't block ports
> and sits in the same general price range as Cox?
>
> Bill Kempf
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