Re: Would you pay more ...

[John Fastabend <jfastabe () up edu>]

> > > Would you pay more to only have the following destination ports open
> > > to the internet originating from your broadband modem:
> > >
> > >      tcp  21 - ftp
> > >      tcp  22 - ssh
> > >      tcp  25 - smtp
> > > tcp, udp  53 - dns
> > >      tcp  80 - www
> > >      tcp 110 - pop3
> > >      tcp 119 - nntp
> > >      udp 123 - ntp
> > >      tcp 443 - secure www
>
> Jeff,
>
> A easy no. Because of grandma. Your missing the end user experience.
> I've had Popeye and olive oil neighbors who came back from the mall with 
> a gateway, called up road runner and invited me over for pizza. By the 
> second slice they had asked is this the net? 3 or 4 times.
>
> I stopped back for more pizza a few weeks later .. she was on some talk 
> pal thing talking to who knows who where about quilts, he showed me all 
> his WWII buddies he found , their ship www sites and then fired off his 
> WWII flight game, gift from daughter, connected to a game zone, joined a 
> private squadron [no cheats] and proceeded to shootem up over a decent 
> rendering of the French country side .. complete with call signs and 
> wise crack messaging.
>
> These two did not have a clue about port numbers or protocols nor did 
> they care.
>
> They were all concerned about the web news they were reading regarding 
> their machine being attacked by bad guys on the net.
>
> Kind of like going to the bad side of town to a wild bar .. great fun 
> but need to get back to the car with out being mugged.
>
> With your Idea .. what are they to do ? How does one teach them, work 
> with them ?
>
> Are you saying they should all wear the same generic clothes because fun 
> clothes are hard to take care of ? 1984 ? Pass me the soma.
>
> /don


Many ISP have already whittled away allot of the features of being 
connected such as having to pay to setup a web page or connect to a shell. 
To restrict port usage just seems like another annoyance for more 
experienced users and doesn't help the everyday surfers at all. Soon what 
will we be allowed? Only time slots of bandwidth or only filtered usage. 
Paying more for less ports would be like paying more for a front drive 
pick-up then a four wheel drive pickup.  Not that you should start 
charging more for normal service though. That would be outrageous.

john



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