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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (28512)	10/7/1999 12:57:00 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Scott, you failed to grab my point. You mentioned in your comment that @HOME is realizing that pipe governing is where they have already moved to and the use of the pipe to the customer is up to the customer. WRONG!!! Thats not the way @HOME sees it. @HOME has clear policies that state @HOME users cannot install and operate servers OF ANY KIND. In fact, they even have policies that state that I cannot max out the capacity of my bandwidth. WHY!? As you clearly mentioned - govern my bandwidth and then dont worry how I use the pipe. But, this is not the case. And, my regional provider of @HOME has a cable-modem deployment that they can and have easily governed (they did it several times when they first rolled it out and their internal truck pipes over congested). What you might have forgotten Scott and they have not is that there is a difference between high speed and high capacity. @HOME wants to provide the home user with very quick response for Internet client activities (browsing, game playing, file download, etc.). This requires them to keep the pipes BIG. But, by making them big, they encourage people like my friend to take advantage of the pipe and use it to its max. If too many people do with their high-speed pipe like my friend did, then their core trunk pipes would over congest - not the links to the home! So they are in a catch-22 situation. They cannot govern bandwith to the home or they will not have the marketable feature that people are looking for over dial-up, high speed bursts for Internet client activities. They have no effective and automated manner of identifying NATs and servers. They can only do this by anaylyzing traffic flows and patterns. That is how they found my friend. I never said that they had an effective and automated method of finding these servers and NATs that are giving them a royal headache! If you really think the @HOME people are on the ball, go to the NewGroups for @HOME and hear the non-marketing stories from real @HOME users who are frustrated with their use. You might have fallen too much for the @HOME marketing at your recent conference like I was fooled by NOVL's NDS marketing. :))) Let me ask you Scott - are you an @HOME user and if so - how happy are you with your service. I have been for 1 year now and its OK. Not that stable - not as fast as proclaimed on TV commercials, but better than dial-up. Toy