On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 11:10:14PM -0500, Steve Siegfried wrote:
> Could those of you with AT&T/Mediaone as your ISP who are also running web
> servers please check your http access logs?  


The CR2 hits stopped at about 1:54 on Aug 6.  Then I got a few more on
Aug 6 from 15:44 - 16:34.  I haven't seen anything since.

> When I called AT&T to complain about it (after 26 minutes on hold before
> getting to a level 1 customer service dudette), a level 2 customer service
> guy told me that AT&T has decided to block all inbound tcp/ip requests on
> port 80 for any (all?) of their broadband (and dialup?) customers.

I used the online chat on Aug 6 and Aug 7.  The first guy I talked to
said I wasn't allowed to run servers and hung up on me.  The second guy
tried his hardest to find some information, but couldn't find anything
that confirmed my suspicion.  He then gave me the line about not running
servers, but said he was lenient.  I told him to take a better look at
the Subscriber's Agreement and find a link to the page that said I can't
run servers.  Hopefully they are starting to re-educate their tech
support agents.

> Gee, it sure woulda been nice to be notified prior to having my ability to
> serve web pages cut off!

Considering that everyone at MediaOne still thinks that you aren't
supposed to be running servers, they probably didn't think they had to.

> If someone could verify that I'm not the only one affected, then I think
> it's past time I call the Public Utilities Commission to lodge a complaint.

I too would sign the complaint.  Until Monday, I was really impressed
with AT&T.  Unfortunately, if I want high speed access, I have to go
through AT&T.

Nate