Am 16.01.2014 14:58, schrieb Daniel Pocock:
My blog entry about Swisscom backdooring their routers has been
extremely popular
link?
If it goes on in Switzerland then it can be happening anywhere
Also in Switzerland: I'm presently using a Swisscom analog phone line
(copper, self-powered, works without external electricity) and a
provider called VTX, basically a reseller for Swisscom like all ISPs in
Sitzerland, I believe. I'm able to use any analog phones (even 50
year-old ones) and any analog modems/routers. (They are of course
digital, but the line is called analog.)
Besides the freedom/security issues mentioned, I am able to switch it on
and off at will in order to use less electricity or indeed use models
which are more efficient, solar-powered, etc.
I want to switch to a different provider because VTX:
- use Credit Suisse banking
- use "dumbo"-advertising, always quoting speeds in "Megas" but now
saying what "Megas"
- try very hard to switch us to IP-telephones and more speed (which we
do not need) without telling us the consequences, e.g. a compulsory
locked-up router.
But from your experience, Daniel, switching to Swisscom would be just as
bad.
Anybody Swiss here have a good alternative to either Swisscom or VTX?
Cheers, Theo
PS Cablecom UPC have just announced a nefarious scheme to provide free
Wifi eveywhere there are private Cablecom UPC routers, but *only* for
Cablecom UPC customers.
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