Re: [The ISP] responded by offering every customers a free VPN service
"I would put it past A&A to do this. They are very vocal about the evil of government filtering/censorship."
Presumably that's meant to be a "would not", or is this a variation on the US usage of "I could care less"?
Either way, respect is due to AAISP (and Adrian Kennard in particular).
Why are none of the other ISPs raising their heads above the parapet? Or are they mostly relying on outfits like the ISPA (and James Blessing in particular, who hasn't been quite as vocal as AAISP, but has e.g. given evidence to the same parliamentary committees).
Just watch your backs, chaps.
http://www.revk.uk/search/label/SNOOPING (Adrian Kennard's personal bog, posts tagged with "snooping") - worth a read.