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1. r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 (cypnk@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 02:17:59 UTC r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖

   Only thing keeping me from hosting all my sites from home is my ISP blocking port 80

   Official explanation: “Because Port 80 is often used by malicious software, including viruses and worms...”

   Nothing says “Net Neutrality” like contrived nonsense to push customers onto fast (more expensive) lanes

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   • Hallå Kitteh (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 09:46:44 UTC Hallå Kitteh

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     @cypnk It's pretty common and not unreasonable. Also port 25. What's unreasonable is not opening ports when asked by the customer. Most Swedish ISPs will do this. Fixed IP may cost extra though. Still not unreasonable as it's a limited resource.
   • Bee Yarn Knee 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏 (herrabre@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 10:24:50 UTC Bee Yarn Knee 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏

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     @cypnk This has been going on since dial-up, having a public, fixed, reachable IP is considered a thing for "businesses" and is priced accordingly.

     IPv6 won't solve this, because the firewalls and security are now entrenched and considered mandatory. Mostly for good reason.

     Tooting my own horn, this is why I created PageKite. 🙂

     Tor hidden services are also awesome, but only if your users all have the TBB or equivalent and never need to type or remember URLs.

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   • r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖 (cypnk@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 10:29:17 UTC r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖

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     • Bee Yarn Knee 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏

     @HerraBRE Thing is, my IP doesn't change for months anyway and they charge $70 extra for the privilege of having 80/443 unblocked. I've had that package before and the "speed increase" they promised wasn't really there. And it wasn't worth it to me to pay that much when hosting them elsewhere is much cheaper

     This is only an issue in areas where there's no competition. Of course, ISPs have lobbied the government here to make sure they hold a monopoly

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