Running Web server on ATT BroadBand

[dlapointe at mediaone.net (David)]

Actually, I tried my web server last night and it wasn't blocked any longer 
(Waltham).   



On Saturday 01 December 2001 01:33, you wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Peter R. Wood wrote:
> > on 11/30/01 8:31 PM, David Kramer at david at thekramers.net wrote:
> > > It is against the current terms of service (TOS) agreement to run any
> > > kind of server.  They been blocking port 80 on a case-by-case basis. 
> > > They also have been removing the DNS entries for some users, so nobody
> > > can find your machine except by IP address.
> >
> > Actually, this blocking of port 80 falls under the Terms of the @HOME
> > agreement. AT&T's own service agreement says that they take no
> > responsibility for users running servers and won't support it, but they
> > do permit it. However, AT&T also says that you may be bound by the terms
> > of other agreements subject to change without notice. This includes the
> > @Home agreement. Now, since @Home is going away, I am *hoping* that the
> > @Home agreement will be dropped entirely and that this no-server clause
> > will not be integrated into AT&T's agreement.
>
> OK, let me get this straight.  You are expecting a PHONE COMPANY to become
> MORE REASONABLE?
>
> There are people on this very list who came to AT&T from MediaOne and have
> port 80 blocked.  The names escape me.  Maybe it was at a BLU meeting.
>
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