[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Introduction and Recommendations

[Kenneth Loafman]

Wayne Dahl wrote:
> Greg Edwards wrote:
>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>   
>>> With Verizon you can get FiOS (if you like mega, ultra high speed),
>>> but you need to live in a Verizon neighborhood (it's fibre to the premise).
>>>
>>>     
>>
>>   
>>> FiOS sounds fantastic... might be a good reason to move into
>>> a neighborhood serviced by Verizon (rumors aside).
>>>
>>>     
>> FIOS sounds good, but!!  The only way that you can use it (in my local) 
>> is to sign up for Verizon's ISP, which is MSN.  Running your own servers 
>> is out of the question with their setup.  I don't know anyone that has 
>> been able to run mail or web servers with this connection.
>>   
> Verizon internet runs on its own backbone, not on MSN.  Verizon has its 
> own ISP, based on the old GTE Internet.  MSN is a portal partner, as is 
> Yahoo and AOL.  Those customers used to having those services will still 
> have them AS A PARTNER, but not as the backbone.
> 
> I work for Verizon in the FiOS group.  Verizon DOES block port 80 and 
> maybe port 22 (although I'm not sure about email) on residential data 
> accounts, so you can't run a server on residential.  If you want to run 
> a server on at least port 80, you're forced to pay for a business data 
> account.  This doesn't stop you from running a web server on a 
> residential account, you'd just have to specify a different port in the 
> domain name on the URL and activate port forwarding on your router from 
> that port to port 80 for your server.  BTW, this is true for FiOS AND 
> DSL accounts on VOL (Verizon OnLine).

Hmmm, I just checked port 80 and it seems to be blocked.  Port 22 is OK,
could not work without SSH access!  The port 80 block is new, but not a
real problem.  Blocking port 22 could have far reaching problems for
those of us that work from home.

...Ken