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avoid T-Mobile and join AT&T or Verizon? i'm sure they have their fair share of shady/borderline illegal things they do.
by perfectstorm 5y ago
avoid T-Mobile and join AT&T or Verizon? i'm sure they have their fair share of shady/borderline illegal things they do.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago> i'm sure they have their fair share of shady/borderline illegal things they do. That might be true, but at least AT&T doesn't block private VPNs, nor has plans to do so.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 5y agoHow do you know what AT&T is planning? Are you involved in their internal discussion of how they handle VPN traffic? If so, maybe you shouldn't be saying you/att have no plans to. And if not, maybe you shouldn't be saying they have no plans to
- cptskippy 5y agoI have T-Mobile, they don't block my VPN traffic. Cox however... My VPN does not work on any Cox network.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago> How do you know what AT&T is planning? Are you involved in their internal discussion of how they handle VPN traffic? I'm part of AT&T Cybersecurity.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 5y agoAre there public statements from ATT describing their intent to not block private vpns for the foreseeable future?
- manuelabeledo 5y agoThere’s no VPN blocking in place, and there are no plans to do so. But if you want proof of what AT&T isn’t going to do, it’s going to take a while to compile.
- thrwn_frthr_awy 5y agoIt’s probably just my cynicism :( but I usually just assume most corps will do it if they thought it would make them more money.
- r-w 5y agoHere is what your comment boils down to: "A." "But B!" >> "But still, A." <<
- OneLeggedCat 5y agoThis is where we must all realize that 3 (and only 3) companies competing is not competition. It is oligopoly.
- kaba0 5y agoOr that competition only worth anything if it is made in a very well regulated environment (as per Adam Smith himself). If the playing field had customer-friendly laws in place, none of these giants could be this scummy.