Does anyone actually have tempest on? What is it like?
I assumed you would get an internet routable IP on a machine on your
network, is this not the case? Does the internet IP go on their box
with NAT for the internal network?
Also, I've heard it is 2MB "shared". What are download speeds
actually like, and do you get any guaranteed service levels?
Alex
On Sun, Apr 01, 2001 at 04:19:56PM +1200, Nicholas Lee wrote:
> >
> > 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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