[Cialug] Iowa Telecom and Qwest

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

One of the main reasons i chose Freese Notis as my ISP was because they 
are OK with servers. Sorry, i forgot that Mediacom is not so 
benevolent.

On Wednesday 04 April 2007 14:32, Tim Wilson wrote:
>It may be technically feasible, but it may not always be legally
>feasible. :-)  Mediacom says "thou shalt not run any server on thou
>network", or something to that effect.  The problem is what defines a
>server?  If you share a printer, then technically, you have a print
>server.  If you share files, then you have a file server.  You get the
>idea.  I don't think Mediacom would come after you for those things,
>but if they busted you running a pron server out of your home, they
>might tack on the other violations of the agreement as well.  If your
>DSL provider doesn't have issues that Mediacom does, then it should be
>fine.  Of course, I wouldn't run the next Google off your home DSL
>connection. :-)
>
>On 4/4/07, Daniel A. Ramaley <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 04 April 2007 13:31, Neal Daringer wrote:
>> > i would never suggest to host anything on it, of course(same would
>> > go for DSL).
>>
>> What's wrong with hosting off of DSL? I've been doing that at home
>> for years. My e-mail, web sites, and my roommate's web site have all
>> been running just fine for years. My 1.5Mbit/768kbit connection at
>> home is much slower than what is available at work, but it has
>> proven to be considerably more reliable.
>>
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Dan Ramaley                            Dial Center 118, Drake University
Network Programmer/Analyst             2407 Carpenter Ave
+1 515 271-4540                        Des Moines IA 50311 USA