[BC] Comcast (Must Die)

[Cowboy]

On Sunday 20 April 2008 12:34 pm, WBRadiolists at aol.com wrote:
>  In a message dated 04/19/2008 4:15:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>  curt at spam-o-matic.net writes:
>  
>  >  Now you know why I run my own mail server, off my own gateway,
>  >   for my own domain(s), at my own physical place. 
>  >  
>  
>  ... which is great if you:
>  
>  a) Have the stuff

 Minimal. The gateway only need be fast enough to outrun the DSL.
 Any 386 is more than enough.
 Mail server can be any 386 or so. Also plenty fast enough.

>  b) Have the know-how

 OK. There is that.

>  c) Have a GOOD connection w/a GOOD ISP

 That helps, but isn't totally necessary.

>  Then you have this issue: 
>  What if your connection is Comcast? Are you sunk?

 Maybe.
 I had to fight with mine a little.
 I want NO spam filtering, NO virus filtering, NO web page creators,
 NO ISP provided "portal," NO newsgroups, NO tech support, NO fluff.
 I want ONLY a path to internet. Nothing ( and I do mean NOTHING ) more.
 Kinda like convincing your cell company you don't want text messaging. 

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Cowboy