Consider that alot of broadband Internet providers are moving to DOCSIS as
the
standard for their client modems and headend controllers.
With DOCSIS you have the ability to enable a 56bit baseline encryption
policy
which I know for a fact RoadRunner uses.
Perhaps the additional encryption of the VPN would break some kind of gov't
imposed laws on encryption strengths?
More likely they realize that you are using a "personal account" to tunnel
data
for "corporate" uses and would prefer you to upgrade your account to a
"business"
account and pay more money... It looks to me like we are reading an end-user
agreement that would be for personal use only and whenever someone does
something, consider the motivating factor being "money".
----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie Leveille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 1:54 PM
Subject: [FW1] @Home ban of VPN's
>
> It's true. I called the corporate headquarters for Comcast@Home this
> morning. The person I talked to on the phone last night said that if they
> saw VPN traffic coming from me, that they would warn me a few times and
> then if I didn't comply, they would terminate my service. That's why I
> called the corporate headquarters. I saw nothing on the excite@home site
> about this change so I don't wonder if it's the local divisions making
> their own rules. (I'm in Detroit). Anyway the person from corporate
> headquarters promised (yeah right) to have someone in upper management
> contact me within 24 hours.
>
> I contact my local State Attorney General and they said that there's
> nothing they can do. The Better Business Bureau wants me to try and
resolve
> it with Comcast before I resort to them.
>
> How many people are affected by this? If we cause enough grief will they
> take it out of their agreement. I can't believe that they aren't allowing
> people to protect their data. They fed me the line that if you're doing
> that it's a "business connection" and they're going to charge you more.
> ALOT MORE! Ameritech wants $100 a month for a static IP address and they
> don't currently prohibit VPN traffic (but that's doesn't mean that they
> won't pull a @Home fiasco in the future). Comcast@Home had a "business
> division" for cable modems. Do you want to know how much they're charging
> for basically the same service I have now (currently $36/month) except
that
> I'm allowed to have VPN's --> $1295 installation and $225/month!
>
> This is ridiculous!
>
> Valerie
>
>
>
>
>
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