Clueless service restrictions (was RE: Anti-spam System Idea)

Tue Feb 17 23:13:55 UTC 2004

In the immortal words of Robert E. Seastrom (rs at seastrom.com):
> 
> Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> writes:
> 
> > and, if you want to see a particularly broken example, buy "internet
> > service" from t-mobile gprs in the states, port 22 blocked, no smtp
> > relay, ...  "walled garden" mentality from the get go.
> 
> The ssh client for the Danger Sidekick is extremely popular, and I
> don't think it would be if the scenario you mention above were true.

I suspect that Randy is referring to their "T-Zones Internet" plan,
which is a bit different from their normal/real GPRS service.

-n

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