Seems when I make any shift to DSL, I'll have to be sure it's a
non-blocked service. And, hey... Who *doesn't* like yelling at Qworst?
Gary Nichols wrote:
> Let me clarify what Kevin just said:
> If you are a VDSL (TV) customer, your ports are already blocked. My
> machines that are located on my LAN at home haven't seen ONE instance of
> this (I have the 1MB up/ 1MB down service).
>
> If you are a DSL (Megabit) customer, your ports are not blocked. I
> think this is because they mix residential and business customers on the
> same IP space. If you are a residential customer, your TOS states that
> you aren't allowed to run services behind their IP space. Business
> customers OTOH are allowed to run services.
>
> The reason I know this is because when Qwest blocked ports to VDSL
> customers way back (http://www.garynichols.com/stories.php?story=47) I
> called and screamed foul. I really didn't expect to get anywhere, I
> just like yelling at Qwest. *grin*
>
> Cheers,
> Gary
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