On Tuesday, 31 December 2019 11:04:57 GMT Mick wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 December 2019 10:24:48 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > > I'm puzzled. Why should a DSL modem be tied to a particular ISP? The only > > thing I can think of is that one uses PPPoA and the other PPPoE. But the > > modem should sort that out for itself when it connects upstream. > > ISPs looked into reducing their operating costs providing support to an ever > increasing population of technically clueless users and in conjunction with > router OEMs came up with a remote router provisioning scheme. This allows > firmware updates and remote control of the CPE without the customer even > knowing what is happening.
I hadn't come across that before. I did wonder whether it was another example of control-freakery, but perhaps not. -- Regards, Peter.
