[Gllug] Why are ISPs so stupid?

[Peter Childs]

On 17/11/05, Tethys <sta296 at astradyne.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "Rev Simon Rumble" writes:
>
> >So why don't ISPs keep the line connected but redirect every port 80
> >connection to a page saying "you've been disconnected because you
> >didn't pay your bill"?  Would it really be that hard?  Surely it would
> >save them some support calls...
>
> Perhaps because the Internet != the WWW. There are people that
> only use email or IM, for example. Also, using a proxy on a machine
> elsewhere tunnelled through something other than port 80 would
> effectively give you free net access simply by not paying your bill.
> Not a good long term business model if you're an ISP...
>
> Tet
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 Your right, however they just need to change the nameserver settings
via dhcp and you can't do anything except port 80 to see that message.
Yes its doable but not as simple as first springs to mind, Ie you need
to use iptables!

Peter
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