Cox Residential and IIS

Running of servers on residential service is prohibited as per the terms of service at http://www.cox.com/policy so the business account would be the official solution to what you're trying to do.  Keep in mind that you would also get a static IP address along with higher priority SLA in the event of service failure.

Thanks for the swift reply, Chris.

While I understand the potential implications of blocking/unblocking port 80 from a security standpoint, I just don't feel that simply buying my way into another account category is sufficient  justification for the additional cost and difference in service that would be associated. I'd like to touch on the link you posted, http://www.cox.com/policy if I might.

5. Servers. You may not operate, or allow others to operate, servers of any type or any other device, equipment, and/or software providing server-like functionality in connection with the Service, unless expressly authorized by Cox.

Be it a long shot, how would I go about acquiring express authorization for such a change - if even possible?

If I'm beating a dead horse here, let me know. I just figure it's important to give my due diligence before I contemplate looking for another service provider. While I've always enjoyed your service, the port block presents difficulty I'd like to circumvent if possible. Thanks!

That language is natuarlly included should a situation arise at some future point that is not consistent with the intention of the rule.  However for security and network resource management reasons we continue to enforce this restriction on residential accounts.