[NCLUG] A question about a web server and broadband.

[Steve Roths]

for cryin' out loud, John, I'm not running a commercial site or a game
server.  I have a family page and some piddling junk on a project server.

geez

Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "John L. Bass" <jbass at dmsd.com>
To: <nclug at nclug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [NCLUG] A question about a web server and broadband.


> I also used a free forwarding service from dnsq.org.  they have a
> program for Linux called dnsQclient that reports your current IP address
> back to their server for forwarding.  It has worked well for me for
months,
> now (both in the Excite days and after).  your web address becomes
> mydomain.dnsq.org.
>
> While these services serve a niche need, they are also frequently used to
abuse
> other services - like the rate structure of an ISP - which is not good for
the
> ISP or it's customer. Rates are established on averaging costs inside user
pools
> with common usage patterns - when certain uses like providing a web cam
server,
> or MP3 server drive up the bandwidth (IE COST to the ISP) it ultimately
results
> in either raising the rates for everyone or closing their doors. When such
uses
> are prohibited by the terms of use agreement, customers willfully
violating it,
> instead of purchasing a rate plan (IE more expensive plan to cover the
bandwidth
> costs) where their use is acceptable, are doing nothing more than stealing
from
> the ISP (and indirectly other customers who honor their legal agreement
implied
> by the terms of use agreement.
>
> Some people get a kick out of cheating the IRS, or AT&T, or other big
entity - but
> in the end they are really cheating everyone around them since all those
entities
> end up passing on the costs for the theft. At some point if we are tired
of high
> taxes and high ISP rates, we need to say enough is enough to this robin
hood theft,
> becase none of them are really robin hood and passing the wealth to the
poor around
> them.
>
> It's not clear, that NCLUG should be a forum for planning how to cheat
ISP's, or
> even imply that is a noble goal.
>
> Just My two cents,
> John
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