[Gllug] Why are ISPs so stupid?

[Tethys]

"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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