I wrote: > They may simply block anything they can't analyze. Chris Howie writes: > That's a recipie for disaster for any ISP -- they would have to > anticipate every application that will be used by their clients and > authorize it on their analyzer. And if something like this did happen, > chances are every moderately sophisticated computer user subscribed to > that ISP would complain or switch away.
Many ISPs would tell you that "sophisticated" users should have business accounts. According to CenturyTel, for example, residential service is for "educational and entertainment purposes only". They want consumers, not users. The modem/router/firewall they supply is configured with a short list of "pinholes" for specific services, mostly games. Very, very few of their customers ever reconfigure it. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
