<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Yes, I was configured as an exit node with default outgoing ports. Incoming ports were 80 and 443.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm not really serious about rejecting connections from the United States. I'm sure that technique wouldn't prevent Comcast from figuring out that I was running a TOR node. Just might slow them down a little.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>It's frustrating when the only ISP that offers broadband service decides that TOR is against their terms of service. (DSL is too slow to be considered as 'broadband' in our area). In my opinion, it's time to regulate ISPs. Just provide a connection. Don't interfere with my traffic - and don't monitor it either. (I know it will never
happen)<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Even though I agree with the ideals of the TOR project, I'm not going to spend an extra $12 a month to run a node.<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Andrew Lewman <andrew@torproject.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> tor-talk@lists.torproject.org<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:55 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [tor-talk] Comcast Residential - terms of service<br></font><br>
On Monday, October 10, 2011 13:02:12 Gregg Nicholas wrote:<br>> I wanted to support the idea of free speech for people in<br>> repressed countries. However, shortly<br>> after installing TOR, Comcast threatened to force me to a business account<br>> (extra $12/month). So, I've killed my<br>> node. Still don't know if Comcast will force some penalty on me. I'd<br>> switch to another broadband provider - if there was one. (around here,<br>> DSL is too slow to be counted as broadband)<br><br>Was this an exit node or not?<br><br>> Has anyone considered an option to drop client<br>> connections from the United States? <br><br>We're not going to censor Tor.<br><br>-- <br>Andrew<br>pgp 0x74ED336B<br>_______________________________________________<br>tor-talk mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:tor-talk@lists.torproject.org" href="mailto:tor-talk@lists.torproject.org">tor-talk@lists.torproject.org</a><br><a
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