[ILUG] Slightly OT. The which ISP Question!

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Dave O Connor wrote:
> Avoice clearwire like the plague. They don't work half the time and 
> block pretty much everything except http/https. A joke of an ISP.

Was "Avoice" intentional? Clearwire are notorious for blocking VoIP :)

I recently had some fun with a Clearwire rep after a friend of mine
couldn't initiate file transfers with me using various protocols. I
visited him with the intention of finding whatever config frontend they
provided and forwarding a few ports.

I'm still not sure if the clearwire box runs a telnet or http service,
but I couldn't get the information out of the guy on the phone. He
asserted that they don't close any ports at all. When I explained my
difficulty with transferring files he started talking about "filtering".
"Sounds like blocking to me, mate..." - essentially, you can't serve
anything.

Skip to the end - he's cancelling his subscription and I'm telling
everyone who asks me about broadbeans to avoid clearwire like the plague :)