Compulsory Routers in your country

[Carsten Agger]

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On 01/16/2014 02:55 PM, Max Mehl wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> maybe you followed the Compulsory Routers topic in Germany during
> the last months [1] and even read my blog entry about the
> entanglements between Compulsory Routers and the latest NSA leaks
> [2].
> 
> tl;dr: Compulsory Routers are routers provided by Internet Service
> Providers which cannot be replaced because of technical or legal
> barriers. This causes on the one hand many problems with
> competition, technical innovation, and compatibility, but on the
> other hand also great security risks for everyone of us: If we and
> many others are forced to use one router model, ISPs create 
> monocultures which can be attacked more easily by miscreants and
> special tools by intelligence agencies.
> 
> I know the situation in Germany pretty well because I worked on
> this issue. But gaining some knowledge of the ISPs' regulations in
> other countries is harder than I thought in the first place.
> 
> Could you please give me some insights if there are ISPs in your
> country with Compulsory Router policies? Or maybe you want to share
> your thoughts about this topic at all and the implications for Free
> Software users.
> 
> 

I have a fiber box, a socalled residential gateway or Home Access
Gateway which supplies phone, Internet and TV.

Should that be considered as a compulsory router?



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