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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by perfectstorm on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:23PM (#29882761)
avoid T-Mobile and join AT&T or Verizon? i'm sure they have their fair share of shady/borderline illegal things they do.
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by OneLeggedCat on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:40PM (#29886009)
This is where we must all realize that 3 (and only 3) companies competing is not competition. It is oligopoly.
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by kaba0 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:49AM (#29889473)
Or that competition only worth anything if it is made in a very well regulated environment (as per Adam Smith himself). If the playing field had customer-friendly laws in place, none of these giants could be this scummy.
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by manuelabeledo on Monday January 10, 2022 @04:29PM (#29882871)
> i'm sure they have their fair share of shady/borderline illegal things they do.

That might be true, but at least AT&T doesn't block private VPNs, nor has plans to do so.

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by thrwn_frthr_awy on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:10PM (#29886342)
How do you know what AT&T is planning? Are you involved in their internal discussion of how they handle VPN traffic?

If so, maybe you shouldn't be saying you/att have no plans to. And if not, maybe you shouldn't be saying they have no plans to

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by manuelabeledo on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:30AM (#29891789)
> How do you know what AT&T is planning? Are you involved in their internal discussion of how they handle VPN traffic?

I'm part of AT&T Cybersecurity.

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by thrwn_frthr_awy on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @04:49PM (#29898547)
Are there public statements from ATT describing their intent to not block private vpns for the foreseeable future?
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by manuelabeledo on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:19AM (#29904507)
There’s no VPN blocking in place, and there are no plans to do so.

But if you want proof of what AT&T isn’t going to do, it’s going to take a while to compile.

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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by thrwn_frthr_awy on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:15PM (#29916385)
It’s probably just my cynicism :( but I usually just assume most corps will do it if they thought it would make them more money.
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by cptskippy on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:21PM (#29887034)
I have T-Mobile, they don't block my VPN traffic. Cox however... My VPN does not work on any Cox network.
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Re:T-Mobile begins blocking iPhone users from enabling iClou... by r-w on Monday January 10, 2022 @05:19PM (#29883609)
Here is what your comment boils down to:

"A."

"But B!"

>> "But still, A." <<

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