Hi all,
as asked in ISOC survey, it seems there are a few big players who dominate
Internet connectivity market, more and more convoluted with telephone.
Here in Italy, for reasons beyond my understanding, you are bound to get a
residential connection unless you have a VAT number. I really cannot
understand the rationale for that, and it looks to me as a gratuitous
limitation of individual freedom.
Personally, I'm unable to get a non-filtered, static IP connection since I
closed my VAT account (after my tax preparer's recommendation). I'll probably
have to give up running my own email server. In addition, I've never been able
to get IPv6 addresses --perhaps that needs a fiscal reform, eh?
Is it that way all over Europe, or is it just Italy?
Can anyone shed some light on why it is so?
TIA
Ale
