-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi David,
# David Gerard <[email protected]> [ 16. Jan 2014 @ 15:18 +0100]: > On 16 January 2014 13:55, Max Mehl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Could you please give me some insights if there are ISPs in your country >> with Compulsory Router policies? Or maybe you want to share your thoughts >> about this topic at all and the implications for Free Software users. > > I believe Sky Broadband used to require using their modem with their DSL. > This was basically for supportability reasons - the less possible things to > go wrong, the better they could supply a turnkey service. I understand you > can in fact use a generic modem with their service now, though, since it's > just generic DSL. Sorry to ask but in which country did Sky Broadband do this? As far as I know, Sky operates in many european countries. In fact, many ISPs do this for compatibility reasons. Some of them totally restrict replacing the modem/router/box by keeping the login credetials secret, some of them give no support at all if something goes wrong (even if the problem has nothing to do with the hardware used). My personal opinion is that it's not basically bad that ISPs give routers by default to their customers. Of course, only one model makes maintainability easier and some customers do not even want to choose a router theirselves. But some people do, and imagine the situation that the vendor of your router is suspected to install backdoors for western intelligence agencies - and you cannot switch the hard- or firmware. Is this a nightmare only for me? Best, Max - -- Max Mehl - Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) - fsfe.org Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119, Berlin | Phone: +49-30-27595290 About me: http://fsfe.org/about/mehl | Blog: blog.max-mehl.com Support us: http://fsfe.org/support | Homepage: max-mehl.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJS1+7HAAoJEOxlXmdUnkHi/CsIAIWzZHFKvbWlzzD5R0ceiNHB FcBoOK047PAKJxoM5hisJEdTgDTdTZYmnuatt9rL515kbI/DncbealnjcxLSFoCw WGkkpXf57PgTUpEIEmVsP6mZuADwgr3PMUufUd31n9IpNFAmhVBF7Boml1+Ytx48 RwgjsccOZ9IoZ3RORQkMZm3yQUa3GJQ/V0YhtcpE1+BYiB2zJ1KoF6kWVAfPJICy KZzG9o/IoOa6q9QQ18t6XXkWDA1zrj2fiFOHLyBqg/9go8i8AMa3sRC4WYLElgwS WzWlmZN5xCwb33w7QZ7DqVjWi9JhEneuhvtBjT5Kyln9LTF0ZY4R0zGEj6H77ow= =K72d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
