[Info-vax] implementing IPv6 on the internet

[David Froble]

John E. Malmberg wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

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