Blocking Pop-ups at the ISP Level?

Posted by Cliff on Monday January 5, 2004 @09:42AM from the something-for-the-customers dept.

roXet asks: "I work for a small ISP that offers dial-up and DSL in Louisiana. In the wake of the big boys' new wave of pop-up and spam blocking advertisements, I am looking into providing these services for our customers. I hate the thought of filling my customers machines with proprietary software, if for no other reason than I see it creating a support nightmare for our call center. I have found several options for blocking spam at the network level, but I have yet to find a good solution for getting rid of pop ups. Has anyone found a good method of doing this at the ISP level?"

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Hmm by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-05 09:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

Wouldn't that involve the ISP looking at what you're doing, and be a horrid invasion of privacy?
I definitely do not want my ISP monitoring my packets. And yes, I expect many replies to this to say "Oh they watch everything you do". I don't subscribe to that level of conspiracy theory.

propz to GNAA.