Yeah, get ready for an influx (I've already noticed a couple) of newbies asking how to get around ports being blocked. Standard answer: Get a dialup account.

The corporate monkeys are going to use every trick that they can muster to keep their money tree frm being cut down, including using every legal slight-of-hand they can dream up. The trhreat of litigation will probably be all it takes to get all the .edu's to jump in line for them.