On 09 Sep 19  14:00:28, Alan Ianson said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   > We have had Teksavvy in Ontario for years now, they are a very good company   
   AI>    
   AI> That's the one I was thinking of. They haven't been operating here for long   
   AI> I'll have a talk with them.   
   AI>    
   AI> With Telus port 21, 23, 25 and 80 are blocked. They were nice enough to ope   
   AI> port 23 for me. Now I run the BBS out of a linode so I don't have any block   
   AI> ports there. Shouldn't need to do that.   
      
   Welllllllllll..... possibly.   
      
   Most residental ISP's specifically block those ports to mitigate "cyber    
   attacks", and only if you subscribe to a static IP, subnet or business-grade   
   plan will they decide to unblock the ports.   
      
   From their point of view, it makes sense. I know if I were operating an ISP, I   
   wouldn't want those ports open either for the average customer. But Fido    
   Sysops are far from your average user. 8-)   
      
   Teksavvy I believe only charges $5 extra per month for a static IP. Its well    
   worth it. Darkrealms / Net 229 ran on that plan for years before I upgraded to   
   a business-class plan elsewhere.   
      
   Teksavvy tech support is also staffed by mostly knowledgable staff, they may    
   be able to open those ports at no extra charge.   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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