[Vanhackspace] Motorola Milestone, Rogers data plan?

[sean hill]

I sent them a message to ask about the status of the port blocking issue.
I've been reading forum messages going from January until now complaining
about the issue. I just received a reply from their customer service which
said:

>The reason we block ports is to protect the security and stability of the
network.

>As our customers request a particular port to be unblocked, we assess the
impact that this will have on our customers and on our network.
So my understanding at this point is they're whitelisting ports on a
case-by-case basis if they have enough customers complain about a particular
port/app not working. This doesn't resolve any issues with apps that assign
random ports from a range.

Tied to this is that I don't believe they provide an IP address to a phone
connected to the data network. So you can SSH out but you can't SSH in. Not
sure if this is common amongst providers.

That's as much as I've been able to glean from my wanderings.

Sean


On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Luke Closs <lukecloss at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you expand on the limitations you heard about Wind Mobile?
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Sean Hill <seansghost+vhs at gmail.com<seansghost%2Bvhs at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > Just curious to see if this discussion on phones and carriers can be
> > expanded a bit.
> >
> > Anyone have any other thoughts on Milestone vs Nexus One?
> > What about other Android devices? (I've been drooling a bit over the
> Samsung
> > Galaxy S Pro specs)
> > Is Nexus One the most open/hackable Android?
> >
> > I'm thinking about this mostly from a software hackers POV. I want to be
> > able to write and install what I want for my device. That also makes me
> > wonder about carriers. I've been watching Wind Mobile get going and like
> the
> > unlimited data option, but I understand they've got a very limited number
> of
> > ports open which really blocks development and usage. Thoughts on best
> > carrier for a powerful Android?
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > Joe Bowser wrote:
> >
> > The Nexus One is the better choice for hackability.  Having to install a
> > sketchy Brazillian ROM to get root isn't fun.  Nor is the process to
> upgrade
> > it to 2.1 (Telus hasn't finished rolling out the upgrade yet.)
> >
> > On May 3, 2010 11:02 PM, "Alexandre Harvey" <alex at pixelfactor.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Actually, thanks for pointing out that it wont work on rogers for 3G! I
> > guess that means I will be going for a nexus one.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > 2010/5/3 Hubert Figuière <hub at figuiere.net>
> >>
> >> On 10-05-03 10:40 PM, Luke Closs wrote:
> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I know everyone with 3G phones like to poop on EDGE (and I probably
> >> >> would too if I had a p...
> >>
> >> > I was just informing the OP of the limitations of the phone he was
> about
> >> > to purchase.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Hub
> >> > ...
> >
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