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by gruez 3047 days ago
Do ISPs actually prevent you from doing that? At the very leas you can hook your router to the ISP's router and set up DMZ?
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No. DSL-providers are legally obliged to let the customers use their own equipment (which includes the account details / passwords to establish the connection). Most of them even provide the details for the SIP connection that is included most of the times. If I remember correctly cable providers were fighting this - not sure about the final outcome...