On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 11:20, Phil Mendelsohn wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 08:42:58AM -0600, Leif Hvidsten wrote:
> 
> > If you go over to netcraft, you'll see there are plenty of people running
> > Apache and IIS servers within Roadrunner's netblock:
> > 
> > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/hosted?netname=RR-CENTRAL-2BLK,65.28.0.0,65.31
> > .255.255
> > 
> > I'm sure this is only a small sampling too.
> 
> Right, but this doesn't mean that the ISPs don't have the right to not
> only shut down those ports, but they could turn off the offenders'
> cable modem service -- ***if _they_ choose***.  So do it or not, as your
> conscience permits, but you don't get to complain if they make it go
> away.
> 
> It's like speeding -- there are lots of people driving 80 mph, but if
> they have to pay a big fine or hospital bill as a direct result,
> there's no sympathy for complainers.
> 

Except, of course, people speeding causes other folks problems and
danger; given the actual bandwidth, a *lot* of folks would have to run a
*lot* of servers in order to inconvenience anybody else even a little,
and that's apparently not happening. 


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