Re: [PLUG] BitTorrant and routers - and Comcast

[jeff <jeffv@op.net>]

Doug Crompton wrote:
> 1. get a no restriction static IP connection to the internet
> 2. Aquire a domain name(s) and do your own domain name serving
> 3. Setup a mail server
> 4. Setup a web server
> 5. Setup any additional servers you want....
>
> and have an email address for life that YOU direct the course of.

You're absolutely correct.
Unfortunately I just don't have the time and, as we've seen, providers 
are a real PITA.

Someone just told me his neighborhood has been FIOS-wired for a while 
now, but Verizon won't turn it on or sell it yet.  No ETA.

Yet people here say Verizon is blanketing neighborhoods, trying to sell 
the hell out of this.  Go figure.

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