From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 13:32:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23940 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 13:32:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23935 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 13:32:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4002.ime.net [209.90.195.12]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id QAA01034; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 16:32:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981220162851.00c11830@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 16:30:24 -0500 To: "Gary T. Corcoran" From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <367D6BFD.EFE5BDE9@home.com> References: <4.1.19981220154331.00abe360@genesis.ispace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:28 PM 12/20/98 -0500, Gary T. Corcoran wrote: >Drew Baxter wrote: > >> Bad side is, only the ADSL providers will actually *maybe* let you run >> servers. The cable providers have something against that, maybe it's due >> to the covert movement of illegal software and mpeg layer 3 media. > >No, it's due to the fact that with cable modems, the upstream bandwidth is >shared, similar to Ethernet. If lots of people on your (sub)net ran servers >which had lots of out-going traffic, they'd eat up all the bandwidth - even >affecting the relatively small amount needed to send Ack's for downstream >traffic. @Home (my Internet provider) has, at least in certain areas, >supposedly put something in place to limit upstream bandwidth to 128Kbps >because sometimes people do run servers (even though they're not supposed >to). I've noticed that my uploads to netnews do *not* go blazingly fast >- this is probably why. > >It's a darn shame - I have a 24-hour connection to the 'net, and can't >even put up a personal web site from my own pc... :-( Sure, but we're in Maine of all places.. There's no population whatsoever :) I'm well aware of the shared bandwidth issue, I just think that they should cap off what you do with your upstream. The cable providers let you run servers on two occasions: A> LAN Access, 299$ a month. B> If you put your server physically at the Cable co. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message