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		bc569a80a344f9c 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Avoid ISP Routers (2024) Telecom models don’t allow for this. Demarcs are ports. One side owns the port, the other side owns the cable that plugs into it.

anticensor 11 months ago [–]

If only someone standardised a router layout with customer-owned and provider-owned modules and a neutral, state-owned, bridge hardware. Similar to how TVs deal with conditional access. And no, SFP ports are not a solution to this problem, because they only have 1 plug each side.

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