Should be pretty damn obvious at this point that the Bushies don't give a hoot about your personal rights or privacy. Unfortunately most people are too stupid and/or uninformed to care.
Thanks again to all those nice folks who voted for Nader. You sure made a huge difference.
I downloaded one of the early 6.1 variants a few days back, and I have to say it does excel in a few areas, notably speed. Also their GNOME/E setup (at the time) was probably the best I've seen, period, in terms of *everything working*. It also seemed quite stable.
I did have a problem, however in that when it kicked into "sleep mode" it would throw the system clock completely off. Has anyone else experienced this problem, if so is there a fix available? Apologies if this is a newbie question.
The point of my post wasn't to defend myself. I took the bloody thing down - the last thing I want to do is degrade everyone else's service (and I fail to see how an Icecast server running mostly at night, serving maybe 3 clients at a time, at the most, could seriously impact things. Maybe I'm wrong.)
The point is they should have called before yanking my service. The "shoot first, ask questions later" policy is rubbish no matter which way you slice it. I see this (and other instances) as the action of a company unwilling to shell out to upgrade their network to fit their client base.
I was quite happily running a dub reggae Icecast server over RoadRunner, until this week that is. ..I WAS BUSTED BY THE MAN!!
Came home and my cable modem was disconnected, with a voice mail from RoadRunner's "Abuse Management" department. I spoke to the guy, and he was cool enough - I told him I wouldn't do it again, etc., and he hooked me back up.
Problems I have with this?
1) At no point was I made aware that servers were a no-no. OK, call me naive and ignorant on that one. "But it's outlined in our terms of service." This document is posted on the web, and I'm supposed to check it every few weeks? Apparently so, as it's subject to change at any time AND
2) They pull the plug, no questions asked. That is, no phone call BEFORE killing your cable modem. From my logs I can see they yanked me at 10:00, with a phone call round about 15:00. This to me is not acceptable customer service. Again, call me naive.
3) The Abuse Management guy explained RR's official "policy" is to a) yank service, then b) call and c) send a Registered Letter explaining Terms of Service. And only upon my returning the letter, signed, would they reconnect me.
If they had followed this policy in my case, I would have hit the roof. It's not like I was running a kiddie porn site or something. My server had (at most) 5 connections at a time. But like I said, the guy was cool enough, and I was agreeable. ..even though I really miss running my server.
Overall I'm fairly happy with RoadRunner. But I'll be happier when they open cable up and we have a choice of ISPs. I think RR needs to sort their customer service out.
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Should be pretty damn obvious at this point that the Bushies don't give a hoot about your personal rights or privacy. Unfortunately most people are too stupid and/or uninformed to care.
Thanks again to all those nice folks who voted for Nader. You sure made a huge difference.
To all those who voted for Ralph Nader in the last election. Especially in Florida. Thanks A Million!
I downloaded one of the early 6.1 variants a few days back, and I have to say it does excel in a few areas, notably speed. Also their GNOME/E setup (at the time) was probably the best I've seen, period, in terms of *everything working*. It also seemed quite stable.
I did have a problem, however in that when it kicked into "sleep mode" it would throw the system clock completely off. Has anyone else experienced this problem, if so is there a fix available? Apologies if this is a newbie question.
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Whatever. Jeeze - settle down!
The point of my post wasn't to defend myself. I took the bloody thing down - the last thing I want to do is degrade everyone else's service (and I fail to see how an Icecast server running mostly at night, serving maybe 3 clients at a time, at the most, could seriously impact things. Maybe I'm wrong.)
The point is they should have called before yanking my service. The "shoot first, ask questions later" policy is rubbish no matter which way you slice it. I see this (and other instances) as the action of a company unwilling to shell out to upgrade their network to fit their client base.
Enough. Peace.
I was quite happily running a dub reggae Icecast server over RoadRunner, until this week that is. .
Came home and my cable modem was disconnected, with a voice mail from RoadRunner's "Abuse Management" department. I spoke to the guy, and he was cool enough - I told him I wouldn't do it again, etc., and he hooked me back up.
Problems I have with this?
1) At no point was I made aware that servers were a no-no. OK, call me naive and ignorant on that one. "But it's outlined in our terms of service." This document is posted on the web, and I'm supposed to check it every few weeks? Apparently so, as it's subject to change at any time AND
2) They pull the plug, no questions asked. That is, no phone call BEFORE killing your cable modem. From my logs I can see they yanked me at 10:00, with a phone call round about 15:00. This to me is not acceptable customer service. Again, call me naive.
3) The Abuse Management guy explained RR's official "policy" is to a) yank service, then b) call and c) send a Registered Letter explaining Terms of Service. And only upon my returning the letter, signed, would they reconnect me.
If they had followed this policy in my case, I would have hit the roof. It's not like I was running a kiddie porn site or something. My server had (at most) 5 connections at a time. But like I said, the guy was cool enough, and I was agreeable. .
Overall I'm fairly happy with RoadRunner. But I'll be happier when they open cable up and we have a choice of ISPs. I think RR needs to sort their customer service out.
Does DSL allow one to run servers?