Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (148)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Matthias Hertzog
Date : Tue Jun 15 2021 06:44:44

Hello Michiel!

 MH>> Same here in switzerland with swisscom. Lawsuits are already in
 MH>> the making.
 MV> Lawsuits? By whom? To achieve what?

It's about not letting the competition connect over the swisscom fibre
to clients. When there is some kind of swisscom-owned PON solution,
L1/L2 is not possible for other ISPs.

 MV> Here the cable ISPs have always handed out "free" modems. But the
 MV> problem is the low quality of these things. Some customers (me
 MV> included) want better quality and are willing to pay for it. Hence the
 MV> desire to buy one's own DOCSIS modem/router. But Ziggo is fighting
 MV> tooth and nail to prevent it. I expect they will evetually loose that
 MV> battle because every alleged problem they bring in, seems to not be a
 MV> problem in Germany an Italy where free modem choice has been a fact
 MV> for several years now.

I don't want to side with the provider here, but having own equipment
on the own network has operational benefits. Quality monitoring is one,
support to endusers is the other.

For example: Imagine a grandpa calling the ISP helpdesk about not having internet.
His grandchild installed a router.
Helpdesk would not even be able to tell the grandpa how the device
looks and how to restart it.

Just a very basic but not uncommon case.

And: If the ISP does not know what's connected to his network, he can have
a really hard time changing (improving) things on the network. He risks to
disconnect clients with every small change, sometime even down to things
like changing the TTL on the DHCP server.

However, the device given to customers should at least be able to get
the correct bandwidth on the ethernet port, so the customer can connet
his own wifi infrastructure to it.
ISP wifi is usually crap ... no wonder with devices that are cheaper
than the cheapest bottle of wine.

 MH>> Personally, i'm soooo happy to be off this caroussel.
 MV> Good for you. Enjoy the freedom! ;-)
Yes, thanks! :-)

Matthias
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