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Originally Posted by CaptJamieHunter
I don't think you're reading too much into it at all. Remember that the equipment Phorm want to put into the ISP's infrastructure is equipment that the ISP cannot access, monitor, report on, audit or manage.
So neither the ISP nor any other independent (i.e. NON-Phorm) auditor can see anything that the box is doing, has done, or any changes made to the box's configuration.
As an IT professional I find that last point obscene. Allowing an unaudited, and unmanageable presence on a network infrastructure is unthinkable in my eyes.
The ISPs are actually trusting Phorm. That's the scary bit. If I said to any of the IT Directors I know "I want to place a bit of kit on your network that you won't have any access to whatsoever" I know what the response would be. And it wouldn't be pleasant!
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This sounds "invertedly familiar?" with my current ISP's setup.
Im on a semi LLU connection, ie: BT provide my voice service, 3rd parties provide my data service, and if something goes wrong with the DSLAM for instance my ISP cannot access the equipment. BT wont allow anyone other than trained Openreach technicians inside their exchanges.
This results in major headaches for several customers but thats another issue.
The point is my ISP has only limited access and control of their equipment and ive been pondering the possibility of BT altering their Wholesale terms and conditions to include instalation of DPI Equipment on wholesale connections, basicly telling the smaller ISP's "We're installing this equpiment on our last mile of copper and you can either abide by this or run your own copper to each customers home."
I've asked my ISP about this several times and was responded on each turn with deafining silence. Which to be honest i find more than a little unsettling.
Of course im being purely speculative here but a simple reasuring answer from my ISP would go a long way.