Getting along without a keyboard

I don't have a wired phone or xDSL, I have cable, DOCSIS 3 of some kind.

Locally, Telus pushed hard to replace copper with fibre, first with incentives, then replacement of remamining copper when we holdouts were few enough to make it worth their while. Now I can enjoy the loss of dial tone (and 911 service) when the power goes out, just like everybody else.

Similar for me. Been with Virgin since 2000 as BT were useless at that time. Yes, they're expensive but fast and reliable at least for me.

This year we get leaflets through the door from BRSK for full fibre. But, they use CGNAT, not good and to get around that you can buy a static IP which is another £5 per month.

They were still cheaper by £20 per month. Phoned up Virgin and moaned and moaned, they knocked £16 off the bill so still £4 more but it's a known product with known benefits/issues and the BRSK offer is just that, it will not last. It's just to draw new customers who will get a shock next time around.

In addition I will not upset the neighbours by getting BRSK and therefore getting a pole installed for which I would not be thanked.

Money is not the only factor.

Bob.

Is it? I haven't been too sure OpenWRT has the manpower to provide timely security updates, I especially wondered about this around when the LEDE project seemed to fork off. Which is why I looked elsewhere. I assume asuswrt-merlin is also a small team but don't really know.

Anyway, not looking to run anything other than Debian Linux on my router for now.

At least someone is working on it, unlike a lot of cheap routers who's firmware is abandoned before it even hits the shops.

---druck