ATTMetroFree can bite me as it blocks Notes traffic
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Our city allowed AT&T to come in and fire up a free wireless mesh downtown that covers like 8x8 square blocks. Something like that. There is 2 mesh networks available. The first one they offer, called ATTMetroFree is a slower, yet free, wifi network. It has a banner on your browser, so no big deal. They attempt to do pop-ups, but anyone in their right mind blocks them nowadays. But if they think that is working, fine. So I can do SSL and all the web browsing I want. However, it will not allow Notes traffic. I first noticed it when attempting to replicate. So I fired up NotesPing and watched as they block 1352. Bastages. Screenshot here.
I didn't even think about trying their other mesh ATTMetroWifi that charges a daily or weekly rate to browser. In price it is comparable, like $7 USD a day or $15/week. Good for the traveler and they guarantee VPN and higher speeds. But what the heck is going on here? Throttle my connection is you need, but why are you blocking ports.
So I dutifully switch the networks the local cafe's offer, unrestricted or gosh forbid in an emergency grab a loft wifi that got left open.
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On Monday, May 5th, 2008 by Chris Miller
