[ale] bittorrent issues with Bellsouth

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Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
>     Hmm... I downloaded the Fedora 9 DVD image via bittorrent the other 
> night myself. I'm on a 6MB AT&T/BS DSL line... I started it when I went 
> to bed around 10:30pm and it was just finishing up while I was enjoying 
> breakfast the next morning at 6am.
>
>     Now if it matters, I have my AT&T/BS provided modem in pass-thru 
> mode and have a Linksys device running OpenWRT doing the PPPoE 
> authentication. I also do my own QOS throttling on my side as well. Only 
> problems I've had with my line is the sudden unexpected disappearance 
> and reappearance of dial tone one time that no one can give me a 
> straight answer on and the fraking port 25/tcp outbound blocking.
>
>   
Port 25 Blocking has been well discussed before.  The general gist seems 
to be that AT&T has an opt-out (possibly for business only customers)
but that does not "yet" apply to Bellsouth.net customers.  Bellsouth has 
had this block for DSL customers since about '04.  Best advice I can 
offer is assume you're
blocked until you prove otherwise.