Cable modem service in Boston

[Matt Galster]

"You may not run a server in connection with the Service, nor may you provide network services to others via the Service unless you are subject to a Service plan that permits otherwise. Examples of prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, wifi, and dhcp, and multi-user interactive forums."

From

http://comcast.comcastonline.com/memberservices/aup/default.asp

See also

http://www.comcastonline.com/code/FAQsList.asp?.=.&FAQCategoryID=6#41

I have friends down the coast that have had comcast for a long time.  They universally nickname it comcurst.  The verb form is when mail you sent in the past (all of it for a period) is resent days, weeks, even months later.  ("Sorry dude, I got comcurst again.  Just delete them all.")

I think I hear Covad alling....

MEG



>Drew Taylor
> 
> Well, according to the guy working in a manhole in front of my house I'm 
> going to finally be able to get broadband in the North End! I tried DSL (RA 
> and I flavors) but there are "no facilities in the CO". Wireless was just 
> too darn expensive ($150/mo for 144/144 was the cheapest I found). And 
> leased lines are really out of sight for residential customers. Cable 
> modems were my last hope, with ATT Broadband saying it would be available 
> "by the end of the year". A call to customer service this morning confirmed 
> that they will have sales people coming by in a week or two to encourage 
> people to upgrade. I had them put my name first on the list. :-)
> 
> The cool thing is that all (new) services will now run over the A wire. 
> Eventually the B wire will be phased out, but analog service is mandated by 
> the franchise agreement for ~10 years. So I could get a cable modem, and 
> digital TV for the LR TV and stick with analog for the BR. I'm so excited I 
> feel like a little kid!
> 
> Since ATT Broadband is now going to be Comcast, does anyone have experience 
> with Comcast's service? And more specifically, what are the gotchas in 
> ATT/Comast TOS agreements? Am I going to have to run my home server on a 
> high port? How often should I expect my IP address to change? What kind of 
> outage record do they have? Thanks for any tips you have.
> 
> Drew
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