[SLL] Nationwide Internet: melting down?

[Dan Wilder]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 08:46:52AM -0700, Ken Meyer wrote:

> Of course, Comcast residential doesn't allow servers, theoretically, and
> even wants you to pay for additional connections, which is a real crock.
> And when I call about an outage, they always ask early in the conversation
> whether I am running a router.  I'm not sure of the proximate significance
> of that query.

OTOH when I got Comcast installed I asked the installer, "Once we get
this thing set up how do I replace the Windows box we're doing the
setup on with a router?"

His response: "Unplug Windows, power down the cable modem, plug in the
router, power up the modem." Nothing about "well you're not supposed to do that".

There might be a policy but at least one pair of boots on the ground did
not seem to feel a need to mention it. 

BTW I've replaced the router three times since then and there has never
been any difficulty.  I seem to remember a time you had to call Comcast 
whenever the MAC changed.  No more.

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Dan Wilder <dhwilder at gmail.com>