-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Andrew Leary <=-   
      
    MvV> Ah, that is good. Here the best they can do is disable the router   
    MvV> function in the CPE they give you. Then you can use your own router,   
    MvV> but then you are IPv4 only. There is an EU law in the making that will   
    MvV> compell ISPs to allow customers to buy their own modem/routers but at   
    MvV> this time it is unclear how that will evolve. In Germany a law against   
    MvV> "Zwangsrouter" has been in effect for some time now. About a year IIRC.   
    MvV> It seems to work.   
      
   Interesting.  Here, different ISPs do different things.  The supplied router is   
   often tweaked specifically for an ISP, sometimes with customised (often "brain   
   dead") firmware, but I am yet to encounter a case where I couldn't substitute a   
   third party router.  When I was on cable (pre-2010), the modem was only a   
   bridge, so I could add my own router to it (which in those days was a   
   customised Linux box :) ).   
      
   My own ISP does sell routers, but you're not compelled to use their offerings.    
   If you buy from them, the router comes configured so it will "just work", and   
   they guarantee all of the gear they sell is IPv6 capable.  But there's nothing   
   stopping you from using anything else if you prefer.   
      
      
   ... You're sick, sick, sick. How can you continue to write such drivel?   
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