[CLUE-Tech] OT: DSL QoS Revisited

[Randy Arabie]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Dave Anselmi wrote:

> You can't get in to your server and you don't call that a problem? 

Well, it is usually just to check email....and if I wait a little while it 
always seems to be back up.  Frustrating, but not a real problem.

> The reason I was worried is that it occurred to me that ISPs may
> have a way to prevent you from running a server unless you pay extra for it.

And maybe that's why I'm not raising a stink.  I'm not paying to run servers.
And, I'm not paying for that level QoS.  In fact, my ISP fee is pretty cheap.

> With dialup connections, they drop the link after some period of inactivity (to free up their modems, which is perfectly reasonable).
> Traffic from the outside has no way to reestablish the link, so servers are inaccessible unless they take some action to keep the link
> up.
> 
> If my ISP started dropping my DSL link after inactivity, and only brought it back up when there was outgoing traffic it might cause
> similar problems.  Like I said, I haven't tested that specifically but it seems not to be the case.

Hmm.  Maybe I'll check that out.
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Cheers!

Randy

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