content regulation, was Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

[johnl at iecc.com (John R. Levine)]

>>>> Well, actually, it does.  Every broadband network in the US
>>>> currently blocks outgoing port 25 connections from retail customers.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, that's not entirely true.  (Very) recent direct-to-MX spam
>>> from Comcast customers:
>>
>> Well, it's supposed to be blocked, according to people I've talked to
>> at Comcast and T-W as recently as a week ago.  I can believe that they
>> have configuration problems on a networks of that size.
>
> fairly certain that none of these folk block port 25 on their business
> customer links.

As I said above, retail customers.  Business customers get static IPs and 
generaly no blocking.

R's,
John