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Nelson Minar
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In the early days of US home broadband you had a static IP address and
a live real TCP/IP connection. Because of the demands of security
and customer support that's been whittled away. Now we have the hassle
of dynamic IP addresses and abominations like PPPoE.
I just upgraded my home connection to sonic.net, a small California ISP where the person who answers the support line actually knows what they're doing and respects you might, too. So far so good, except sadly I find they're blocking all traffic on port 25. So much for running a mail server at home. I can't exactly blame them, but it's a nuisance. I'm on my fourth home router in twelve months; the junky Buffalo router didn't turn back on after I unplugged it today. No blinky lights = no internet. This time I'm trying a Belkin router. At $40 they're essentially disposable, but I'd still gladly pay more for one that actually worked. |
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