That, and remember that the upstream bandwidth on a cable modem is much less than the downstream. If you are running any sort of service, you will use up everybody's shared upstream bandwidth on the cable segment. This would explain not wanting you to run FTP, web-hosting, or napster, etc.
I usually can't find about 90% of what I'm looking for a Wal-Mart
That, and remember that the upstream bandwidth on a cable modem is much less than the downstream. If you are running any sort of service, you will use up everybody's shared upstream bandwidth on the cable segment. This would explain not wanting you to run FTP, web-hosting, or napster, etc.