From: "Juha Saarinen"
What I'm asking for is simple: I want to have a useful DSL service, as I work from home a lot. However, I need some kind of defense against massive amounts of unwanted traffic. I can see that it is technically possible to provide me and other DSL users with a solution that keeps the service useful, yet helps us avoid billing nasties due to worms and DoS attacks.
Well I'm sorry you can't have it - Telecom won't allow it. In order to deploy the service you desire an ISP would require point-to-point connectivity with your DSL device (PPPoE, bridged Ethernet, compulsory tunneling from the RAN, or ATM circuit). At present an ISP has only L3 or routed connectivity and thus has no control over traffic that is routed within IPNet. The "massive amounts of unwanted data" could come from Jetstart users and there is currently nothing an ISP can do to prevent this traffic from bouncing around inside IPNet.
In that light, to say that your options range from "tough shit, pay up" to "turn off your modem" or "settle for a neutered" DSL service, doesn't really cut it.
I suggest you talk to Telecom - oh sorry, you already have.
I'm a bit disappointed in the attitude here... what happened to listening to your customers?
You are a customer of Telecom, the ISP is just for appearances. Cheers BG. --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog