keyboard5684
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Youngsville, PA | reply to Qumahlin
Re: Ugh...
Verizon does that, it is pretty transparent though.
Still, something many do not know.... |
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N10Cities
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said by nixen  :
said by pnh102 :
Next you'll hear of ISPs blocking port 80 to eliminate popup ads and spyware downloads.
Your ISP may already be "blocking" port 80 and you won't know it. Several ISPs do transparent proxying of web traffic. All traffic gets forwarded through HTTP caching systems. They do it to help eliminate redundant traffic from their networks and improve the overal browsing experience by speeding things up (at least static content).
-tom
My ISP has that as an optional service meant to benefit dialup users (speed up downloading graphics, etc). All you do is just point your browser to their proxy. Didn't really help with DSL.... |
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Qumahlin
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united state | reply to nixen
Comcast did do that for a short while, but stopped after complaints.
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nixen
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said by pnh102 :
Next you'll hear of ISPs blocking port 80 to eliminate popup ads and spyware downloads.
Your ISP may already be "blocking" port 80 and you won't know it. Several ISPs do transparent proxying of web traffic. All traffic gets forwarded through HTTP caching systems. They do it to help eliminate redundant traffic from their networks and improve the overal browsing experience by speeding things up (at least static content).
-tom
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pnh102
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said by fantomposter :
They will, sooner or later. It is the cheapest way for them to fix the problem. No staff to investigate complaints...just lock it all down at the router.
You're correct... simply blocking the port is the easiest (but IMO the most aggravating) way to solve the problem. What bothers me though is that when the next major Internet annoyance comes along, they will just block the port for that too, and so on and so forth, until the whole damn connection is useless.
Next you'll hear of ISPs blocking port 80 to eliminate popup ads and spyware downloads.
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fantomposter
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said by pnh102 :
But at least Comcast isn't blocking port 25 (yet).
They will, sooner or later. It is the cheapest way for them to fix the problem. No staff to investigate complaints...just lock it all down at the router.
What would be cool is if they and other providers set it up so that users that want port 25 (for example) could request it. Perhaps make it another class of service and include a static IP.
Since, 90 percent (guess) of people dont need or want it the problem is solved and both sides win. |
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