From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 4 23:27:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAB64106566B for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29EA98FC17 for ; Thu, 4 Jun 2009 23:26:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from kw.homeip.net (c80-217-74-54.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.74.54]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n54NQv5c060919; Fri, 5 Jun 2009 01:26:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Message-ID: <4A28582C.7040600@bah.homeip.net> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:26:36 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: slrn/1.0.8 (FreeBSD) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Hartkemeyer References: <4096aedd0906040923p6288e319ia083f47c7ccc29e1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4096aedd0906040923p6288e319ia083f47c7ccc29e1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:27:00 -0000 Mark Hartkemeyer said the following on 2009-06-04 18:23: > I'm pretty new to FreeBSD and was reading part of Greg Lehey's The > Complete FreeBSD 4th Edition. I found the section on ISPs in chapter > 18 really interesting. I put some of his recommended questions to my > ISP, Cincinnati Bell's Zoomtown. I think I talked to three or four > people before I even got some of them answered. > > Here are some of the questions and answers: > > 1. What speed connections do you offer? > 5MBps upload/5MBps download (she said bytes, but should it be bits?) > 768kBps My isp have up to 1Gbyte/s costs 1000SEK a month > 2. Can you supply a static IP address? At what cost? > Yes, $49.95/month for the whole Internet package Yes 50SEK a month > 3. How many hops are there to the backbone? > "It depends on the site you're trying to reach." (I think they > misunderstood what I meant by "backbone"?) No answer > 4. What kind of hardware and software are you running? > "Can't provide this, due to security reasons." Sun and solaris + linux > 5. Can you supply primary or secondary DNS for me? > "You need a static IP." No. Do it yourself. > 6. Can you provide name registration? At what cost? > "Talk to residential services." No > 7. Do you give complete access to the Internet, or do you block some ports? > "Cannot provide this info, due to security reasons." After > asking, I was told that I would be able to run a mail server and http > server on my connection. Outgoing port 25, 137-139 closed. Incoming port 137-139, 445 closed > 8. Do you have complete reverse DNS? > (They didn't know.) Yes. > I assume this is a pretty typical response from ISPs. Has anyone > asked their ISP questions like these? If so, what kind of response > did you get? Does anyone know of a really good ISP, or a good > resource for finding a good ISP around Cincinnati, OH? > > Thanks, > Mark Hartkemeyer