DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
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join:2001-03-29
The Lou | Hopefully they won't block VPN access now
Bell Canada has already wielded a big sword against P2P on wholesale providers' access. Who's to say they won't do the same for VPN access?
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Anomaly95
join:2005-12-11
Phoenix, AZ | Wouldn't that screw the legit users of VPN (businesses, etc.)? |
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accusync
join:2004-07-16
Rigaud, QC
| said by Anomaly95  :Wouldn't that screw the legit users of VPN (businesses, etc.)? Since when did that little detail bother Sympatico/ Bell? |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
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join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | reply to DaSneaky1D
They should charge extra for certain ports, VPN included. This in addition to overage charges on low monthly caps sounds like a winning strategy to not spend money on infrastructure and please the customer base. |
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Uncomm0n
join:2005-04-21
Centreville, VA
1 edit | said by Phil :They should charge extra for certain ports, VPN included. This in addition to overage charges on low monthly caps sounds like a winning strategy to not spend money on infrastructure and please the customer base. I hope you're being sarcastic. That in no way would "please the customer base." When I pay for Internet access, I expect all outgoing/incoming ports (except incoming on port 80 and outgoing on port 25) to be wide open with no throttling. |
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Phil
Rojo Sol
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join:2001-06-11
Camarillo, CA | Yes, I was being quite sarcastic. |
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steve1515
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join:2000-08-07
Peabody, MA
 ·Speakeasy
1 edit | reply to Uncomm0n
said by Uncomm0n :... When I pay for Internet access, I expect all outgoing/incoming ports (except incoming on port 80 and outgoing on port 25) to be wide open with no throttling. I really hate to see comments like this. I don't really find it acceptable that any ports are blocked. People shouldn't be OK with this. When I pay for Internet access, I expect all outgoing/incoming ports to be wide open with no throttling. |
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Bellundo
@teksavvy.com | reply to Anomaly95
We're talking about Bell Canada they could care less about any legitimate user who uses VPN. As a matter of fact Bell speed throttles all their business customers down to 30 kilobytes per second just like all their residential customers. |
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Froggy
@teksavvy.com | reply to steve1515
You'd love rogers cable internet up in Canada. Almost all the ports are blocked. |
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quanta
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join:2002-05-07
Toronto, ON | reply to steve1515
Well, you'd want some restrictions on 25 to mitigate spam relaying.
As for port 80...technically web servers are not allowed although Bell adopts a "don't ask/don't tell" policy. |
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