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I read my ISPs terms of service (the biggest ISP in Australia), and it specifically says you can't host servers on your residential connection. They expect you
by lgdishwasher 6y ago
I read my ISPs terms of service (the biggest ISP in Australia), and it specifically says you can't host servers on your residential connection. They expect you to buy an extremely expensive small business service to do that. I would assume this is the same for many ISPs, and I think it is terrible.
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoTelstra? Yeah, they're about as consumer unfriendly as it's possible to be. I went out of my way to avoid paying them any money a few years ago, including moving my workplace (>10 branches around Australia) off Telstra comms infrastructure and onto a competitors whilst also saving about 30% per year.
- vxNsr 6y ago> I went out of my way to avoid paying them any money [...] whilst also saving about 30% per year. Just curious, how did you go out of your way by saving money? "going out of your way" is usually associated with being inconvenienced. but saving money is hardly an inconvenience.
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoHaving to convince older, management types to roll the incumbent provider. 30% savings helped, but they were still quite nervous for the integrity of the new network. Had to do a fair bit of convincing and putting my neck on the line. Just thinking about it (it was 10+ years ago), it would have been much easier to just sign contract extension with Telstra, no management involvement, no additional research, no putting my reputation in danger. That's what Telstra relies on.
- anderspitman 6y agoIMO that should be illegal, assuming there aren't any competitor ISPs available.