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You can always plug your own router into the LAN port of a shitty ISP's combo modem/router device, too, even if they won't give a connection to any other device
by pxc 2y ago
You can always plug your own router into the LAN port of a shitty ISP's combo modem/router device, too, even if they won't give a connection to any other device than their own and they defeat all your spoofing attempts.
I haven't used a proprietary router in my entire adult life, except as a WAN connection for my 'real' router with some shitty ISPs.
- SoftTalker 2y agoYes, you can use your own modem, but they give you incentives to use theirs. You can also put their combo modem/router into bridge mode and use your own router. But that's a bit more of a reach for the average person, vs. just changing the DNS addresses in a config page (which is already more than 95% of people will do).
- 0xffff2 2y ago> even if they won't give a connection to any other device than their own AFAIK they are legally required to maintain a list of compatible devices and accept any modem that is on that list.
- pxc 2y agoMy cellular ISP doesn't seem to be bound by that, even though every cable ISP I've been with has. :( If there's some US law I can cite at them like a magic invocation to make their dumb combo device go away in favor of my own cellular modem, though, I'd like to.