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Date:      Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:03 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Feature requests for open-source graphics (OT)
Message-ID:  <20080516170003.1734cb29@peedub.jennejohn.org>
In-Reply-To: <1210946605.2668.22.camel@localhost>
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On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:03:25 -0400
Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

[snip most of rant]
> One of the nice perks of DSL regulation is that the line controllers
> don't have a monopoly on the lines themselves, which are required to be
> open to other ISPs who are willing to invest in the DSL system. So I
> actually have a choice of about 10 companies that I can have DSL from.
> Almost all of my alternatives seem to provide a line that endorses
> running a server on it. So I chose dslextreme.com, which seems like a
> pretty decent vendor, and provides a line that can be served from.
> 

Even more OT.

Sounds like the good ol' US of A is totally fubar in this regard.  Here
in Germany every fly-by-night DSL provider offers a domain name and home
page hosting because _everybody else_ does too!  It's hard to come by a
static IP though.

---
Gary Jennejohn



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