Sorry Telstra but this is my F@ST 5355 router:
Roughly a week ago I decided to give https://pi-hole.net/ a go having endured yet another ad laden website. All went we'll[sic], installation was smooth and was up and running 15 minutes later.
All that remained was to set my routers(sic) DNS server to the pi's and my home devices would be safe. I remember seeing the option in there for it.
WTF, it was now disabled. A quick google around revealed that about a year ago (June 2017) Telstra simply decided to remove that functionality.
Surely it had nothing to do with the Australian government implementing DNS based censorship in June 2017?
So fuck you Telstra, that's my router you made me purchase. Time to find out how to take it back.
(Score: 3, Informative) by mth on Monday July 20 2020, @08:45PM (1 child)
The line "that's my router you made me purchase" from the blog post suggests that the router is not owned by the ISP. If that is indeed the case, then the ISP may not have the right to silently remove features. (I don't know the details of Australian ISPs or law.)
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Monday July 20 2020, @10:42PM
And what are they supposed to do? Sue them? Sounds like a fine hobby, if fighting expensive lawyers is what you're into.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?