Compulsory Routers in your country [CH]

Daniel Pocock daniel at pocock.com.au
Fri Jan 17 13:02:42 UTC 2014


On 17/01/14 11:49, theo.schmidt at wilhelmtux.ch wrote:
> Am 16.01.2014 14:58, schrieb Daniel Pocock:
>>
>> My blog entry about Swisscom backdooring their routers has been
>> extremely popular
>
> link?
>
>> If it goes on in Switzerland then it can be happening anywhere
>
> Also in Switzerland: I'm presently using a Swisscom analog phone line
> (copper, self-powered, works without external electricity) and a
> provider called VTX, basically a reseller for Swisscom like all ISPs
> in Sitzerland, I believe. I'm able to use any analog phones (even 50
> year-old ones) and any analog modems/routers. (They are of course
> digital, but the line is called analog.)
>
> Besides the freedom/security issues mentioned, I am able to switch it
> on and off at will in order to use less electricity or indeed use
> models which are more efficient, solar-powered, etc.
>
> I want to switch to a different provider because VTX:
>
> - use Credit Suisse banking
> - use "dumbo"-advertising, always quoting speeds in "Megas" but now
> saying what "Megas"
> - try very hard to switch us to IP-telephones and more speed (which we
> do not need) without telling us the consequences, e.g. a compulsory
> locked-up router.
>
> But from your experience, Daniel, switching to Swisscom would be just
> as bad.
>
> Anybody Swiss here have a good alternative to either Swisscom or VTX?

I should have been more clear: I have the Swisscom router, yes.  The
backdoor is gone and it is no longer connected to Swisscom, I use it
with Init7
http://www.init7.net

I am using their DSL service, I hear they have fibre in some cities

>
> Cheers, Theo
>
> PS Cablecom UPC have just announced a nefarious scheme to provide free
> Wifi eveywhere there are private Cablecom UPC routers, but *only* for
> Cablecom UPC customers.

This has already happened in other countries too

What is really needed is an independent router based or mesh solution to
compete with that





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