From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 15:00:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75AAA1065675 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout2.freenet.de (mout2.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373438FC23 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from [195.4.92.21] (helo=11.mx.freenet.de) by mout2.freenet.de.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #19) id 1Jx1Pg-0008G3-DG for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:04 +0200 Received: from mb5d2.m.pppool.de ([89.49.181.210]:37325 helo=peedub.jennejohn.org) by 11.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #12) id 1Jx1Pg-0000Yl-5X for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:04 +0200 Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:00:03 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080516170003.1734cb29@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <1210946605.2668.22.camel@localhost> References: <1210352688.2152.78.camel@localhost> <1210800676.2466.6.camel@localhost> <1210883909.96116.4.camel@localhost> <1210946605.2668.22.camel@localhost> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Feature requests for open-source graphics (OT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 15:00:05 -0000 On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:03:25 -0400 Coleman Kane 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