Here is a link that says you can not host servers. It is dated 6-27-2001. http://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?content_id=416&category_id=11 Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nate Straz" <nate at techie.com> To: "Twin Cities Linux Users Group" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] AT&T/Mediaone does it again? > On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:10:14PM -0500, Steve Siegfried wrote: > > Could those of you with AT&T/Mediaone as your ISP who are also running web > > servers please check your http access logs? > > > The CR2 hits stopped at about 1:54 on Aug 6. Then I got a few more on > Aug 6 from 15:44 - 16:34. I haven't seen anything since. > > > When I called AT&T to complain about it (after 26 minutes on hold before > > getting to a level 1 customer service dudette), a level 2 customer service > > guy told me that AT&T has decided to block all inbound tcp/ip requests on > > port 80 for any (all?) of their broadband (and dialup?) customers. > > I used the online chat on Aug 6 and Aug 7. The first guy I talked to > said I wasn't allowed to run servers and hung up on me. The second guy > tried his hardest to find some information, but couldn't find anything > that confirmed my suspicion. He then gave me the line about not running > servers, but said he was lenient. I told him to take a better look at > the Subscriber's Agreement and find a link to the page that said I can't > run servers. Hopefully they are starting to re-educate their tech > support agents. > > > Gee, it sure woulda been nice to be notified prior to having my ability to > > serve web pages cut off! > > Considering that everyone at MediaOne still thinks that you aren't > supposed to be running servers, they probably didn't think they had to. > > > If someone could verify that I'm not the only one affected, then I think > > it's past time I call the Public Utilities Commission to lodge a complaint. > > I too would sign the complaint. Until Monday, I was really impressed > with AT&T. Unfortunately, if I want high speed access, I have to go > through AT&T. > > Nate > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >