On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:31:52AM +0000, scott.w.fischer at att.net wrote:
> Here's the press release.
> 
> "We are trying to protect our greater user population as a whole,"
> said AT&T spokeswoman Sarah Eder. The company provides cable Internet
> access to 1.35 million residential customers, she said.
> By blocking incoming traffic to Web servers, AT&T is effectively
> shutting down the Web sites, which residential customers are not
> supposed to be operating anyway, Eder said.
> "According to our official use policy, customers are not permitted to
> operate Web servers behind cable modems," she said.

Wow, even their spokeswoman doesn't know her facts.  AT&T corporate
structure must be similar to a Dilbert society.

Nate