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| Thread ID: 44956 | 2004-05-04 07:04:00 | News: No server ruling extended to more JetStream plans | stu120404 (268) | Press F1 |
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| 234271 | 2004-05-04 07:04:00 | From Computerworld (computerworld.co.nz) Tuesday, 4 May, 2004 No server ruling extended to more JetStream plans Paul Brislen, Auckland Users of Telecom's various "speed-limited" JetStream plans will have to make do with dynamic IP addresses as they are on residential plans and aren't allowed to host servers. Several users have questioned why they are being asked to switch from a static-IP address to a dynamic one, however Telecom spokeswoman Katrina King says the policy is clearly spelt out. "Telecom requires all JetStream customers with speed limited plans ... to have a single dynamic address. These plans are only available to residential customers and, as such, they would not require a static IP address to run business applications.” King says this applies to all JetStream Starter, JetStream Home and JetStream Surf plans but not to the full-speed JetStream products which are also available for business users. The ruling has been handed on to other ISPs as well. King says the JetStream Surf plans have highlighted a problem with Telecom's billing system and the way some ISPs are treated. "The introduction of the JetStream Surf plans has highlighted an issue with the way Telecom accounts for the difference between static and dynamic IP addresses and the associated accounting records, on the Fast-IP Direct Service. This issue affects a small number of ISPs who share a context on the Fast-IP Direct Service." Telecom is working on a solution to the problem. Telecom announced it would enforce (idg.net.nz) its "no server" rule for JetStream Starter customers in December 2001 after the peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing craze caused noticeable amounts of traffic to be uploaded from users' home PCs. |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 234272 | 2004-05-04 07:14:00 | sound ok to me. if you want to run a web server then either you become a business customer or you get a dynamic DNS system such as www.no-ip.com |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 234273 | 2004-05-04 07:27:00 | Or use another ISP. Orcon's Jetsurf IPs are static | Jester (13) | ||
| 234274 | 2004-05-04 07:30:00 | me thinks that Orcon might change too due to presure from telecom. | robsonde (120) | ||
| 234275 | 2004-05-04 07:44:00 | > me thinks that Orcon might change too due to presure > from telecom. & ihug might change as well. |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 234276 | 2004-05-04 14:43:00 | > sound ok to me. > > if you want to run a web server then either you > become a business customer or you get a dynamic DNS > system such as www.no-ip.com Say I had an IMAP server at home and I was running SquirrelMail on a webserver hosted on my JetNoServerRule Plan so that I'd be able to access my email anywhere over HTTP. Why should that suddenly require that I become a business customer? Or say I wanted to leave SSH open so that I could log in to my network in case something went wrong while I wasn't home and someone back at home needed something fixed. Why shouldn't I be able to do that on a normal residential plan? What is commercial about both these situations that would require me to pay extra for a business plan? If I pay for say, 10gb of traffic per month, then in my opinion I should be able to use that for whatever I like. That is, provided it is within the general terms of use for an internet connection which would mean that you shouldn't be sending out spam or launching DoS attacks, viruses, etc. |
segfault (655) | ||
| 234277 | 2004-05-04 23:10:00 | i have no idea why there is so much fuss over this, this sort of thing is standard with a lot of home acc with overseas isps (and they have real broadband). some overseas isps disconnected accounts of those with severs running. exspecially when the servers became infected and DOSed the network off net ! lol. |
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