[olug] Suggestions for web/e-mail/shell access hosting...

[Benjamin Watson]

I too get a little sick of the monopoly COX has around here and their
inflexible ToS.  I'd heard a while back that Verizon was testing their
FIOS service (a Fiber to the house broadband service) in some small
markets with a plan to expand.  I'm so waiting for them to show up in
Omaha.

On 6/10/07, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 10 June 2007 23:11, Benjamin Watson wrote:
> > If you're hosting needs are small (you mentioned "family stuff"
> > earlier), then you may be able to do it yourself using your existing
> > residential COX connection (don't tell COX I mentioned this).
>
> This won't work with important ports blocked. Nobody likes a URI with a port
> number, and SRV records are not widely supported. Port 25 (SMTP) is an even
> larger problem as its being blocked will prevent most mail from getting
> through.
>
> I wish these stupid companies were forced to compete. I'd love to be able to
> say to Cox "RoadRunner gives me 4 IPs, 8 Mbit, and servers allowed for $42 a
> month" and have them offer to match it.
>
> I will probably just go the business connection route and work on add
> out-of-house no-uptime-guarantees to my hosting services.
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