[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[John E. Malmberg]

On 9/21/2016 2:25 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 9/20/16 7:45 AM, John E. Malmberg wrote:
>> On 9/20/2016 4:47 AM, Dirk Munk wrote:
>
>>> If you want to reach a device on your LAN from the internet, you address
>>> a certain port number on the WAN address of your router, and by means of
>>> port forwarding it will be translated to an IP address and port number
>>> on your LAN. You will all be familiar with this concept.
>>
>> And every residential ISP I have had in the last 20 years in the U.S.
>> has a Terms Of Service (TOS) absolutely prohibiting this type of access.
>
> You've had very bad luck as I've never seen that. However, I have been
> in the big city (Chicago), where there are mulitiple ISPs competing for
> business, including SOHO business, which they often explicitly mention
> in their advertising for residential services.
>
> Comcast's residential agreement is here:
>
> <http://www.xfinity.com/Corporate/Customers/Policies/SubscriberAgreement.html>

Yes, that is nice to be in an area where there is actual competition.

And I think if you can find a TOS for Comcast that is at least 10 years 
older, you will probably find that it was more restrictive until they 
started losing business in the bigger cities to DSL / Fibre.

This is what I have for a TOS:

https://mediacomcable.com/site/legal_residential_text.html

Specifically:

"
you may not:

     Use or run dedicated, stand-alone equipment or servers from your 
premises that provide network content or any other services to anyone 
outside of your premises. Examples of prohibited equipment and servers 
include, but are not limited to, email, Web hosting, file sharing, and 
proxy services and servers;
"
And on top of that they have added a bandwidth overage fee which means 
that if I set up a server that was popular, I could get an even larger bill.

This is what small town America generally gets for the only broadband 
ISP available.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net_work