Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Sep 09 2019 18:21:49

On 09 Sep 19  14:00:28, Alan Ianson said the following to Nick Andre:

> We have had Teksavvy in Ontario for years now, they are a very good company
AI> 
AI> That's the one I was thinking of. They haven't been operating here for long
AI> I'll have a talk with them.
AI> 
AI> With Telus port 21, 23, 25 and 80 are blocked. They were nice enough to ope
AI> port 23 for me. Now I run the BBS out of a linode so I don't have any block
AI> ports there. Shouldn't need to do that.

Welllllllllll..... possibly.

Most residental ISP's specifically block those ports to mitigate "cyber 
attacks", and only if you subscribe to a static IP, subnet or business-grade
plan will they decide to unblock the ports.

From their point of view, it makes sense. I know if I were operating an ISP, I
wouldn't want those ports open either for the average customer. But Fido 
Sysops are far from your average user. 8-)

Teksavvy I believe only charges $5 extra per month for a static IP. Its well 
worth it. Darkrealms / Net 229 ran on that plan for years before I upgraded to
a business-class plan elsewhere.

Teksavvy tech support is also staffed by mostly knowledgable staff, they may 
be able to open those ports at no extra charge.

Nick

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