>
> Interesting you should say that - Clear's tempest pricing seems uncannily
> similar to British Telecom's in the UK. I wonder if Clear will pursue the
> same draconian scheme whereby customers are forced to rent their
> modem/routers with threats of legal action and disconnection if the
customer
> should so much as lay a finger on it... A UK newsgroup I subscribe to
seems
> to have users quaking in their boots over disconnecting their rented USB
> modem and substituting one with a router... Sounds almost like the old
Post
> Office days when you could be publically flogged for using a phone other
than
> the standard supplied one... BT is watching you...
>

I have a feeling it'll be like this. I was considering Tempest in Tuaranga.
Then talked to a tech guy there and from what could gather from him Clear
requires you to use their CPE (fair enough) but refuse to guarantee it's
network security. ie you have to do your own firewall behind theirs.

Of course Telecom does the same, but their is no CPE restriction anymore.
What makes it worse is you aren't allow to touch their CPE at all. ie.
pinholes becoming a phone request if you are lucky.

Nicholas

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Received on Sun Apr 1 16:15:52 2001