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Re: ISP
Nadav,
You're right. I didnt think about that. I just heard from a friend that
ISPs care about IP-masq and I told it.As I know, anybody using ip-masq and
the ISPs cant find out if you are running IPmasq or not. I know this. I
just heard and I told. sorry, I see its wrong. I just didnt think before I
sent :)
At 11:34 23/05/01 +0300, you wrote:
>On Wed, May 23, 2001, Eran Levy wrote about "Re: ISP":
> > Hi,
> > Actcom gives static IPs for not much money (less than Netvision or
> > Internet-zahav). Actcom service ADSL and again less than the other ISPs
> (as
> > I know). But, I recommend Netvision or Internet-zahav and I cant
> understand
> > why you left them because I think they are giving a good service and
> > offers. anyway, No-One of the ISPs like IP-masq.
>
>Several people have already mentioned ISPs liking or not liking masquarading.
>What does that mean? They have no way of finding out (and should not be
>interested) on whether you're connecting one machine to the Internet, two
>machines in your home (using one machine as the gateway doing masquarading)
>or a dozen machines. You get a specific allowance of bandwidth, and you
>can do with it what you want. Some people have one machine connected to
>ADSL and download Linux distributions or listen to online music all day,
>and other people connect 3 machines with very light email and occasional
>surfing load.
>
>Do the ISPs actually care (I mean, is it in their contract) whether you do
>the former or the latter? How come?
>
>--
>Nadav Har'El | Wednesday, May 23 2001, 1 Sivan 5761
>nyh@math.technion.ac.il |-----------------------------------------
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Regards,
Eran Levy.
E-mail: eranle@netvision.net.il
WebSite: http://come.to/liloboot
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