From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 01:43:47PM +0200, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > Am Montag, 08. August 2022, um 05:34:52 Uhr schrieb Bill Horne:   
   >   
   > > Recap: Last Monday, the Cable TV company here in Burnsville, North   
   > > Carolina was taken over by new owners, and I found out that I couldn't   
   > > use ssh to log in to the Telecom Digest's home machine, which is   
   > > in Cambridge, Massachusetts.   
   >   
   > So your computer is in your home network that is provided by the cable   
   > company? You can't connect to a different machine in the internet on   
   > port 22?   
   >   
   > This is a big fault, please tell that [to] your ISP. If they refuse to fix   
   > it (I assume they block it), switch your ISP.   
      
   Sir, your comment makes it clear that the government departments   
   responsible for regulating the Internet in the place where you live   
   are much more expert than those we have in the United States. In the   
   U.S., the Internet is largely unregulated, and Internet Service   
   Providers can do almost anything they want: some of them justify "port   
   blocking" as a "safety" feature, claiming that things like ssh are   
   used to "carry viruses," or for "software piracy," or for "pirate   
   music downloads."   
      
   IMNSHO, what American ISPs are trying to do is reform the Internet   
   into a one-way-only content distribution system, which their users pay   
   for and they get to profit from. Things like "ssh" or other methods of   
   using computers to work from home are, in their view, done at their   
   sufferance, and they obviously think that home users should pay a   
   tithe to their ISP for the privilege of not having to pay for gasoline   
   or gasoline taxes or mechanic's bills.   
      
   I envy you.   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
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