VPN - Broadband service providers limiting access for work purpos es
Brown, Theresa
theresa at TI.COM
Mon Aug 21 12:54:51 EDT 2000
For those of you who have deployed VPN's in your companies, have you
encountered issues with the Cable or DSL service providers limiting users
access to personal use only? I have seen several clauses from service
provider contracts that have things like the one in the news flash below.
What are your plans to address this issue?
Monday, August 21, 2000
Bandwith Strategy
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Source: CableFAX
CableFAX via NewsEdge Corporation : Comcast [CMCSA] refined its cable modem
policy to prohibit customers from connecting cable modems to virtual private
networks and extended its authority over the customer's use of cable modem
service in the interest of getting a better handle on bandwidth hogs. The
practice could spell trouble for cable marketing campaigns and feeds DSL
criticism, points out Kagan's Broadband, and it could get worse. "Allowing
access for multiple ISPs promises to exacerbate the issue because MSOs will
have even less control over their networks," writes Ian Olgeirson. The
solution: deeper fiber and more nodes dictated by penetration
concentrations.
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