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by bell-cot 602 days ago
It is relative reasonable for them to restrict the equipment that terminates their wiring / fiber / radio signals. If only to reduce the cost of supporting low-skill customers with flaky equipment.

Naturally, "God is Greed" ISP PHB's love to use that as an excuse to charge exorbitant rates for piece-o'-sh*t equipment. And other crap.

It would be wonderful if there were governments so technically savvy that they were able to effectively regulate abuses in this area.