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According to other parts of the Digital Economy Bill, it's not actually ISPs that bear the burden, it's Connection service providers, i.e. any service that prov

by fredley 10y ago

According to other parts of the Digital Economy Bill, it's not actually ISPs that bear the burden, it's Connection service providers, i.e. any service that provides you with a connection - including VPNs. What they'll do to VPN providers that don't comply I don't know - probably they'll find their powers rather limited.

jdavis703 10y ago
How will they enforce this against foreign VPNs? Especially if those VPNs allow for payment via things like Bitcoin.
- fredley 10y ago
  They probably won't, making this all an exercise in futility.
- ionised 10y ago
  Yup. My VPN takes cash in the post.
petepete 10y ago
So VPN providers based outside of the UK will have to be blocked and those inside the UK will suffer (or go out of business).