On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 10:18:56AM -0700, Ben Browning wrote:
> Most ISPs won't prohibit clients. Note that a hosting service is very
> different than an access service. IRC servers are scary because they can
> be DDOS magnets. Script kiddies love to talk smack on IRC.

Right.  Just to clarify, I was mixing talk about clients and servers,
and hosting providers and service providers -- I was cognizant of
servers being commonly prohibited, but I was only recently aware that
many hosting providers ban (or at least strongly discourage) clients.
I'm not aware of service providers that ban clients, although I wouldn't
be surprised if someone provides a counterexample. :-)

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