From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 05:55:59PM -0400, Bill Horne wrote:   
   > On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 10:28:28PM -0400, Telecom Digest Moderator wrote:   
   >> Thanks for reading this, and thanks for your patience while I try various   
   >> solutions to the problem.   
   >   
   > For the moment, I have found a way around the port blocking. One of   
   > the readers, who prefers to remain anonymous, told me that Panix has a   
   > "Shell In A Box" feature which allows for access to a Unix shell   
   > through Panix's web server. [Snip] Again, my thanks to him.   
      
   Status report:   
      
   1. The new owners of the ISP I use are still blocking ssh. They claim   
      that they are not, and that I have to talk to a different department,   
      and then they hang up on me. This has happened three times.   
      
   2. I've started a Panix shell account, which includes shell access   
      through Panix's web site. It costs $10 per month. Although it gets   
      the job done, and will work from any browser, the connection   
      doesn't allow me to send certain control characters to the TD   
      server in its default configuration, so I'll be working to see if   
      that can be changed.   
      
   3. I upgraded my ProtonVPN service to the "Full" service, which also   
      coss $10 per month.  The new paid service handles ssh without   
      trouble, and I'm using the Protonvpn connection to write this.   
      
   4. One of the readers recommended ExpressVPN. I looked at the web page   
      for ExpressVPN, and it doesn't show a "Free" or "Trial" option, so   
      I didn't try it: I'd already gone throgh the work of installing   
      ProtonVPN, so I figured that since I'd have to pay either way, I'd   
      just go with the one I already have installed.   
      
   5. Bottom line: I'll wait for a few months and see if the Protonvpn   
      works reliably, while I try out Panix's "Shell In A Box" and see if   
      it offers features I want to keep. I'll also start screeming to   
      whatever agency (if any) regulates ISPs in North Carolina, and ask   
      them to convince the new owners to change their policy.   
      
   FWIW.   
      
   Bill   
      
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