[clue-tech] So-called "smart" hosts.

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On 8/1/06, William <wlist-clue at kimballstuff.com> wrote:
> Jim Ockers wrote:
> > Why investigate?  Nate is correct, there is no such thing as an FCC
> > or other governmental charter for ISPs regardless of whether they use
> > cable headends or DSLAMs or whatever.
> >
> > If you hear such a tale from an ISP or telco then you can be sure they
> > are lying.
> >
> Investigate because two unrelated companies used the same jargon with
> two different Internet service technologies.  That leads me to believe
> there must be a federal charter system that controls what can be offered
> based on who's offering.  I wouldn't over-simplify this, given the scenario.

There's not. Period. If you feel like investigating, go for it.

BTW -- Comcast isn't blocking WWW on my host. You can reach my home
server/firewall here: http://comcast.zonker.net/ or via the IP:
http://67.164.187.12/

Zonker
-- 
Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier
Editorial Director - Linux.com
xonker at gmail.com
http://netpress.org/careandfeeding.html
http://www.dissociatedpress.net/