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Posted by Gene S. Berkowitz on September 19, 2006, 12:23 am
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> f/fgeorge wrote:
> > On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:12:13 -0700, "Charles Newman"
> >
> >
> > >> They do not, they change them periodically to prevent people from
> > >> doing things they should not be doing. They figure if it is too hard
> > >> people will move up to the Business level and get a static ip address
> > >> and everything else that makes life sooo much easier.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Well, what I am doing is paying Live 365 $24.95 per month
> > >to connect over a VoIP link to their servers, and then people
> > >connect to the Live 365 servers to listen. The connection on
> > >my end takes no more bandwidth that was any other VoIP
> > >connection, such as Skype, would take. I use their Live
> > >Studio software, which creates a VoIP link to Live 365,
> > >and then the listeners connect to there, so I am taking a lot
> > >less bandwidth than you might think. I take up no more
> > >bandwidth than I would for Skype, Vonage, or any
> > >VoIP service. I connect to Live365 at 32K, and then
> > >the listeners connect to Live365. The Live365 servers
> > >are merely a "middle man", as it were, acting as a relay
> > >between my computer and my listeners, and I am paying
> > >$26.95 per month for the privelege of being able to
> > >broadcast. I connect to Live365, and Live365 takes
> > >all the listener connections.
> > >
> > I am not saying what you are doing is anything more than anyone else
> > is doing, I am saying that Comcast doesn't like what you are doing.
> > You can take that or leave it, but it is what Comcast thinks.
> > And as far as Skype, that maybe the next thing Comcast goes after.
> > Bandwidth is bandwidth to them, it makes no difference how it is used,
> > just that some use alot more than others. It is a Business decision,
> > nothing personal.
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> If he really wants to run a radio station on Live 365, without being
> blocked or detected, he should try Tor, which is a new online privacy
> and security tooll that uses military grade encryption that is actually
> used by the United States Armed Forces. Anything sent through Tor
> cannot be cracked, sniffed, or analised. As one person once said "The
> book would be open, but the pages would all be in an unreadable
> language". The United States Government is using it in the War on
> Terror, so America's enemies cannot intercept any sensitive
> communications, the security is THAT good. All levels of government in
> the United States are using Tor to secure their communications, that is
> how good it is.
Comcast does not really care WHAT you're serving, just how much
bandwidth you are consuming; they can turn him off for talking too much
about puppies.
..and from my reading, it appears that Tor uses SSL key generation for
encryption, so while it is very good, it certainly isn't "military
grade".
--Gene
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