[68619] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: who offers cheap (personal) 1U colo?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen J. Wilcox)
Mon Mar 15 05:48:51 2004
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:48:11 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
To: Janet Sullivan <ciscogeek@bgp4.net>
Cc: Paul Vixie <paul@vix.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4054D575.6070408@bgp4.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Sorry this thread is huge, I hope I'm not repeating comments..
if the market for this is nanog and you're just looking for smtp/shell surely we
can manage this between ourselves without charge (ask your nanog buddy for a
shell as a favour).. I know I can and will do this
Steve
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Janet Sullivan wrote:
>
> Paul Vixie wrote:
> > every time i tell somebody that they shouldn't bother trying to send e-mail
> > from their dsl or cablemodem ip address due to the unlikelihood of a well
> > staffed and well trained and empowered abuse desk defending the reputation
> > of that address space, i also say "buy a 1U and put it someplace with a real
> > abuse desk, and use your dsl or cablemodem to tunnel to that place."
>
> My cable modem provider filters port 25, so I can't run my own SMTP
> server. Their mail servers suck. Yes, I could pay for a business class
> cable modem connection and they'd unblock the port... but I'd likely
> still be filtered.
>
> Guess who is having a dedicated 1U set up right now? ;-)
>
> I think Paul is right, there is a small niche market for this.
>
>
