What is sick about the ISPs (especially broadband) is that they charge a bomb for their service and give only the basic facility -- web browsing. Sify blocks Usenet services, disallows you from hosting anything at all, no web server, no ssh server, no ftp. This has been the case only since the last couple of years as I had hosted a website for a presentation during my final year exams in 2003.
And they refuse us all these services saying that they're protecting us from malicious programs. They're catering to novice users of the internet and at the same time suffocating those who wish to really use their services to the fullest.
The question is can we do something about this or is this fair and adequate service that they're providing us?
Regards, Siddhesh