Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
> Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the point that D-Link have
> completely ignored the two restrictions he has put on the use of the
> server i.e. the service area and the access policy. Also, D-Link have
> hard coded the name of the server into the firmware of their devices
> so that it's now too late to change it. In my opinion that's
> disgraceful behaviour. Filtering the packets at the server or wherever
> shouldn't have to be done because D-Link should not have been using it
> to start with but even if this approach is used won't the packets make
> it all the way to the server and hence he still has to pay for the
> bandwidth ? So we're still at the problem of him having to pay money
> which he wasn't paying because of D-Link.
>Yeah. If the guy was smart, he'd go into hock for ,whatever it took,
start charging start charging for the service, and then sue
D-Link. :-D.
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With best Regards,
Declan Moriarty.
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