[Random-bits] Chris Oakes: Comcast Internet restricts use of virtual networks

[James Love]

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,38227,00.html

Home customers are miffed over a new restriction that prevents them from
dialing into their corporate networks.  Subscribers say the company is
using its monopoly to dictate usage policies. 

By Chris Oakes.   
3:00 a.m.  Aug. 18, 2000 PDT

Customers of cable Internet service <a
href="http://www.comcastonline.com">ComcastAtHome</a> are protesting a
new clause in the service's subscriber agreement that forbids the use of
virtual private networking (VPN) software. 

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