OT: Bell Internet Performance Service - Up to 7 Mbps

[Ian Petersen]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 10:06 PM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> Years ago, I read on the Rogers site, that they generally don't mind
>>> "servers", provided they don't generate a lot of traffic.  So, if you
>>> were to have an FTP server, for sharing files with a few friends, they
>>> wouldn't bother you, but they needed those prohibitions to stop those
>>> who abuse the service.  I have SSH & VPN connection to my network, but
>>> no open servers.  Also, it's hard to define a "server" in an way that
>>> satisfies both technical use and Rogers intent.
>>
>>        About 8 years ago, I was on Rogers, and I had an FTP server
>>        with virtually no traffic, but I received a warning telling me
>>        to take it down.
>>
> I think things changed after @home died.

Indeed.  I'm currently running public-facing HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH
servers on my Roger's connection and I've had no trouble.  I use the
HTTPS connection relatively frequently to do subversion check-ins and
-outs.

Ian
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