On 17/01/14 11:49, [email protected] wrote: > 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?
I should have been more clear: I have the Swisscom router, yes. The backdoor is gone and it is no longer connected to Swisscom, I use it with Init7 http://www.init7.net I am using their DSL service, I hear they have fibre in some cities > > 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. This has already happened in other countries too What is really needed is an independent router based or mesh solution to compete with that _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
