setting up cable internet connection

[dalen]

Jakarta wrote:

>* dalen (dalen at czexan.net) on [040325 09:09] thus spake:
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>>Keith,
>>   You might check if Comcast has other sub ISPs that allow servers.  
>>TimeWarner used to only have RoadRunner which disallows servers.  Now 
>>they also have AOL, Stic.net, and Earthlink.  Stic.net and Earthlink 
>>allow non-commercial servers on residential accounts and do not block 
>>ports.  I use Earthlink now for this reason.
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>>Thanks,
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>>Dale
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>I believe Road Runner allows non-commercial servers as well. I run
>http/smtp/ssh/etc. without any problems. They only block samba/netbios
>at the router level (ports 137-139) but that is because of security
>issues.
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Last time I checked in houston, they would not allow servers except for 
business class.  I tried googling for rr port blocked, but only found 
old links.