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> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:29 +0100 > From: gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx > To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [LUG] Mounting Partitions > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Austin Gossmeyer wrote: > > >> You also don't say what the Internet b/w is... If it's ADSL or cable, (or > >> SWGFL) then RAID-0 might be overkill as you'll still be network b/w > >> bound... If Janet speeds then you might find the server is the bottleneck! > > > > SWGFl is our isp. > > I'm so sorry. Thank you I am glad I am not the only one who think they are terrible. We have also lost our connection so many times it is not funny. As I am the low man on the totem pole it is unlikely it will ever change. :-( > > But I do hope they have improved since I last used them for a community > project myself. No they haven't > > But don't they already have filtering themselves? They did when I last > used them. Not even clever filtering either - you had to manually set your > browsers proxy settings. > That is the problem their filtering is pretty rubbish. > They agressively blocked just about everything too - so when their rubbish > DNS servers blew-up, we were effectively offline. They even blocked ssh. > Actually, they firewalled or proxied *everything* that I remember. We ran > a separate ISDN2 connection via a FRIACO type dial-up just to make the > intersting stuff that we wanted work. It appears the only traffic that gets out is the bare basics i.e. http ftp ect. > > We looked at using them for a commercial project, but they were stupidly > expensive and wouldn't budge an inch on the filtering and poxying. Their > loss.. > > Gordon > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone. |
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