[olug] does MSN block ports?

[Dave Weis]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Eric Lusk wrote:
> interestingly, I have qwest.net basic, and it's more
> expensive at 1.5/1000 than qwest with MSN at 5/896!
> That's why I'm checking; moving in a couple of weeks
> and if I can get more speed for less money then I'll
> go for it...

I haven't figured out the qwest/msn dichotomy yet. It's less than 1/2 
price to go with msn than a local provider or even qwest.net themselves. 
Qwest.net is generally the same price at any speed, they have realized 
that once you get beyond a  few million customers, support costs more than 
bandwidth. Until then, independent ISP's pay more to Qwest and their 
upstreams than you would imagine.

> --- Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The least expensive is qwest.net basic, usually
>> $9.95 for any speed. It
>> would be preferable if you used a local ISP in case
>> you need support and
>> to help local businesses.
>>
>>
>> Eric Lusk wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if MSN blocks ports, AKA port 80?
>>
>>> I'm about to move, and was looking at prices for
>>> current Qwest service; the best bang for the buck
>> is
>>> with MSN service, 5Mbps/896.
>>> The extra download would be nice; I went with my
>>> current plan because it was cheaper than with MSN
>> at
>>> the time...
>>>
>>> http://www.ericshaus.com
>>> Alcohol and Calculus don't mix.  Never drink and
>> derive.
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