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Comment killer text message (Score 1) 573

by TiZon on Friday January 28, 2011 @11:59AM (#35033028) Attached to: Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber

Talk about a 'killer text message'...

Submission + - ISP making it impossible to change router settings (google.com)

Submitted by TiZon on Sunday January 23, 2011 @06:02PM

TiZon writes: Earlier this week, Telenet (a belgian ISP) started swapping modems to a new all-in-one type. The end-user is no longer able to change settings other then what the ISP allows them to. As of this moment it is no longer possible to disable NAT or DHCP. Rendering the connection useless to people who want to use VPN (via PPTP or IPsec) since the ISP disabled these functions. Is this a new step in the wole net neutrality-story?
More info here: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tik.be%2Fkritiek-na-fibernet-lanceringen (google translation)

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