Cable Co's Want More Control Over Your Network

Moonshine Coward writes: "'The CAT and the NAT' in latest issue of www.cedmagazine.com discusses Cable labs and their efforts to come up with a 'better' protocol than NAT that allows them more control over devices behind your cable modem. Their upside on this...$4.95 per IP per mth. Their #1 concern...people putting in 802.11b hubs and sharing with their neighbors. Fine in principle and if it gets them drooling enough to speed up the deployment of fiber to the home it might be a good thing. However I can see way too many downsides...not least of which is being nickled and dimed to death..my webcam, cable ready microwave, refrigerator, pictureframe that shows revolving jif's ... each costing me $4.95 p.m. -- all on top of regular $39.95 cost." Note: the article is written from an interesting point of view -- it's aimed at the people who want to collect the additional per-IP charges.

Comments

Re:Here's the part I don't get

[Anonymous Coward]

There is nothing to "get". These cable operators are money grubbing kikes.

Re:I'm not sure I see the real argument

[garcia]

wrong. Their prices may vary per region but their services do not. And don't disagree w/me. I know.

Perhaps you had Roadrunner that was affiliated w/@Home or something, but the straight up @Home service has the same about of mail accounts, the same webspace, etc.

Static IPs are no longer available in any area. They were for a time but no more.