Re: Almost...
True. In Italy as well it took a communications authority ruling last year (built on the EU directive) to open to non ISP mandated modem/routers, a ruling ISP fought to death and eventually lost in courts. Still some attempt to make it difficult, for example making harder to obtain the correct VoIP settings.
Because it is a way to make easy money selling cheap modem/router at premium prices. I see no reason to use a device managed by someone else - Amazon and Google included. My house, my rules...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
