On Tue, 24 Oct 2017, Mark Newton wrote:
> On Oct 24, 2017, at 11:22 AM, Giles Pollock <glp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Difference is on NBN your landline is converted to a VoIP line and provided
> > by the ISP. Said ISP won't divulge the SIP configuration so if you want to
> > use it you're locked in to using their provided router. A router which
> > dials home for config and happily feeds back all the leases it gives out to
> > client devices back to the ISPs controller.
>
> Sorry, huh, land … line?
>
> More seriously, this isn’t an NBN issue. iiNet has been doing the exact same
> thing with their Bob CPE on ADSL for at least the last 8 years.
>
> If you don’t like it, but your service from a service provider who doesn’t
> use TR-069 or something, idk. It’s up to you.
Another reason to use your own router is for security updates. iiNet's
Budii Lite was released a bit over three years ago [1] and is already out
of support and won't get any KRACK fixes [2]. Meanwhile LEDE (the
successor to OpenWRT) has its update out now, beating several major wifi
vendors.
[1] http://blog.iinet.net.au/budii-lite-modem/
[2] https://twitter.com/JamesBromberger/status/921258589452300288
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