Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 09:17:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
To: SMilliken@sti.imshealth.com (Milliken, Scott)
Cc: eakeyson@mail1.nai.net ('eakeyson'), stable@FreeBSD.ORG ('stable@freebsd.org')
Subject: Re: @Home Connect.
Message-ID: <199910041617.JAA35790@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <C26E7066AAA6D211AB16006097A52FCC5F63E1@stiusatlcx1.salestech.com> from "Milliken, Scott" at "Oct 4, 1999 09:50:31 am"
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[Charset iso-8859-1 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > Ed, > You can either not complain when the service goes out (which it does > quite a bit in Atlanta, but I have no other high speed alternative) or you > can lie and tell them that you are running Windows 95. As far as the > services go, I only run ssh at home since that will allow me to log in to > the box and to use scp for transferring files. The "gotcha" in the AUP is > that they leave a clause at the bottom stating that they can change it at > any time without notification. I was told that I could stop the > web/telnet/ftp services or they could take back their cable modem. In other > words, their tech support department seems to favor hiring cocky jerks. But they have no idea that you might be using these web/telnet/ftp services for your own internal ``home'' network. Just becuase a port scan, done in violation of several federal laws no less (see other email from me for specific statutes, turns up these services it does not prove you have violated the AUP. Furthermore, unless @Home has registered as a CLEC/IXC or some other form of telecommunications provider they are in violation of many more federal and state laws. This is currently being reviewed by the FCC, and expect some more laws specifically to cover these folks, but the second a cable company starts piping bi-directional data sold to a consumer they are technically a ``carrier'' and required authority to operate as one. Most of them do not have this status and could be in deep water very soon... a call to you local PUC about the above mentioned even may get your local PUC off it's duff... > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: eakeyson [mailto:eakeyson@mail1.nai.net] > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:45 AM > To: Milliken, Scott > Subject: RE: @Home Connect. > > > So, what are you suggesting? Not calling them at all, or calling them and > telling them that you are using a non-standard OS with non-approved services > running and they will leave you alone... > > Either way seems like you will get very little help. I am asking because I > am considering hooking up cable modem to my FBSD 3.3-Stable box as a gateway > for my system and I would like to run some low-volume FTP and HTTP servers > and possibly telnet/ssh. > > What did they do after they told you that you were in violation of the AUP? > Spank you and your modem? Sorry for the extra bandwidth.... > > Ed Akeyson > Guilford, CT > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Milliken, Scott > > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 9:05 AM > > To: 'High Voltage' > > Cc: 'stable@freebsd.org' > > Subject: RE: @Home Connect. > > > > > > One extremely important note about @Home service... make sure that you > > disable all of your services in inetd before ever calling them up > > to report > > outages or for any other tech support issue. The first time that > > I placed a > > call to them they port scanned me, asked why I was running apache > > and telnet > > and then informed me that I was in violation of the Acceptable > > Usage Policy. > > Also, if you call to report an outage and you list your OS as > > anything other > > than Windows 95 or Windows 98 they simply will not try to diagnose the > > problem from their end. You can have a Christmas tree of > > blinking lights on > > your cable modem (in Atlanta they use the Cisco uBR900) yet without the > > magical Win9X operating system they'll tell you that it must be a > > problem at > > your end. > > > > Good Luck, > > Scott Milliken > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: High Voltage [mailto:zapper@idsmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 5:44 PM > > To: FreeBSD-Stable > > Subject: @Home Connect. > > > > > > Hi > > > > Does anyone know where I can find info on how to set FreeBSD 3.3 > > Stable up for a @Home connect? I'm getting @Home installed this Friday > > and I'd like to be prepared. > > > > Thanx > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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