Re: [PLUG] Linksys and DSL

["Eric Hidle" <junkmail@ie-ap.org>]

Yeah, it's nice that they advertise that you can do things that are
blatantly against their own ToS. The language says that you cannot run
servers that use excessive bandwidth - now that I read into it more deeply -
so you can run a server, but if you use too much BW, they will smack you..
:)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Crompton" <doug@crompton.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linksys and DSL


> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Eric Hidle wrote:
>
> > "I have about 14 domains that I serve and provide web services for."
> >
> > I think a DSL line might be a little thin for something like that...
just
> > MHO...
> >
> I think we often get carried away on BW. Case in point - I have been
> running these sites on a 24/7 dialup for 10 years! It is hand coded HTML
> not the overburdoned robot created crap you mostly see on the net. The
> index files are a few K long.
>
> The faster it is the faster you will want it!
>
> > "A question was asked wether Verizon business DSL is PPOE. I cannot
answer
> > > that. I suspect it is. Does anyone have it?"
> >
> > I am not sure, but I imagine that the only difference between the
> > residential and business DSL lines is the Terms of Service and whether
or
> > not they issue a statically assigned DCHP entry in their server. Also
> > interesting is that even with the business DSL line, you are still not
> > allowed to run servers or use "excessive bandwidth," according to the
ToS. A
> > subjective terms that lots of mainstream ISPs like to use to take your
money
> > for a service they do not want you to use.
> >
>
>  Well they specifically talk of company based mail and web servers on
> their business web page.
>
> Doug
>
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