Subj : Weekly nodelist report on noteworthy changes (148)
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Matthias Hertzog
Date : Fri Jun 18 2021 08:51:37

Hello Michiel!

 MH>> I had three providers in germany, none of them has support that
 MH>> comes near what we have in switzerland. Switches Fritz!Box 3
 MH>> times (ISP's box) until they finally agreed to my initial
 MH>> diagnose about a defective ONT.

 MV> And if the Fritz!Box and the ONT had been your private property that
 MV> would not have happened wouldn't it? You would have replaced the ONT
 MV> right away, wouldn't you? ;-)

No, that would not had happened. I have spare parts for critical
equipment.

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

 MV>>> If the modem/router adheres to DOCSIS standards, as laid down
 MV>>> and certified by CableLabs or its European deputy, that should
 MV>>> be no problem.

 MH>> Right, it should not be. But it is not always. I once was part of
 MH>> an emergency rollout after a tiny network change. No happy times.

 MV> That can also happen with equipment issued by the ISP.

No, because an ISP can test a change with all the known (own) equipment
in the lab prior to the rollout. At least that's what i did during my ISP
days.

Latest twist at the site where my fidonet installation resides: The ISP
is upgrading the 1gig to 10gig for free. I really wonder how they still make
money.

Firewall on "our" side is not ready yet, but that's work in progres.

Matthias
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