Brag and share: FIOS

[AFB]

Well verizon has select my small town in N.E. DFW for FIOS(FTTP). Rumor is they will be done by December an it will easily beat the cable we have for value. So what fun can I have with a nice 15/2 Mbs connection 😀? Sadly, they blocked port 80 🙁 but I don't think they use packet filtering or block any others.

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[VirtualLarry]

FIOS *will* have a blocked port 80 inbound?? Darn. So much for that. 🙁
(Currently a Verizon DSL subscriber, also a DSLR member.)

 

[InlineFive]

I'm confused, how can an ISP block Port 80 and survive?

 

[Mucman]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I'm confused, how can an ISP block Port 80 and survive?

They are blocking port 80 inbound to their IP range, thus preventing their customers from setting up webservers.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: Mucman

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I'm confused, how can an ISP block Port 80 and survive?

They are blocking port 80 inbound to their IP range, thus preventing their customers from setting up webservers.

I wonder if they also block 8080 ? I guess I will have to see. Now what I can't understand is the price system

5/1 - $35
15/2 - $45
30/5 - $200

Nice prices though.

 

[VirtualLarry]

If you're paying for 30/5, one would hope that would be equivalent to "business"-class service, and that they wouldn't block ports in that case. (I can hope...)

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Mucman

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I'm confused, how can an ISP block Port 80 and survive?

They are blocking port 80 inbound to their IP range, thus preventing their customers from setting up webservers.

I wonder if they block https. http is just icky. 😀

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: Mucman

Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I'm confused, how can an ISP block Port 80 and survive?

They are blocking port 80 inbound to their IP range, thus preventing their customers from setting up webservers.

I wonder if they block https. http is just icky. 😀

The rumor is that they just block port 80 and don't filter for imcoming HTTP requests. So I bet 8080 or using HTTPS would be fair game along with FTP. I still think it would be better if they could make that 15 up and 2 down 🙂.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
If you're paying for 30/5, one would hope that would be equivalent to "business"-class service, and that they wouldn't block ports in that case. (I can hope...)

No, but it is a little cheaper than a T1 and I think it would be a great deal for things like schools and libraries. They don't really have that much of a need to serve things but often have issues with download consumption. Heck, at about the last class of the day in my school, the internet crawls because they have probably about 150people downloading 6MB flash games and watching videos online.