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Re: Comcast@Home bans VPNs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay D. Dyson)
Sun Aug 20 14:29:17 2000
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jay D. Dyson" <javaj@pacificnet.net>
To: Cryptography List <cryptography@c2.net>
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > ... subscribers to agree not to use the service as a means to create a
> > VPN.
>
> Could someone describe to me (in my ignorance) the problem this rule is
> intended to solve?
The only "problem" that this approach appears intended to "solve"
is that of income acquisition limitations. The whole prohibition with
respect to VPN is to coerce @home customers to buy @work accounts which
run (if reports are to be believed) around *ten times* the cost for the
consumer.
In short, Comcast is saying, "No security for you! Not unless you
pay out the nose for it, Buster."
-Jay
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