Have a serious problem, might cost me any Internet access. My ISP ( Charter ) merged with Time-Warner. New name "Spectrum"
1 # : Now I have intermittent connectivity. 2 # : And with the death of FCC privacy rules, the new ISP is forcing me to update their records ( for sale-of purposes ). This includes phone ( all ), SSN, bank account numbers, and credit card numbers. 3 # : the ISP attempting to force agreement to "no communications allowed with the FCC". Also is attempting to force agreement to "Arbitration with the ISP as the Arbiter" for all complaints. 4 # : billing is only online now. Not allowed to see a Account Statement, or receive any "receipt for payment" until I comply with ISP demands. 5 # : external e-mail clients ( Thunderbird, Claws-Mail, etc. ) are now starting to have problems. ISP solution -> must use their web based e-mail app only ( only works with Windoze, surprise! ). 6 # : ISP is starting to filter customers web access. The ISP is deciding what sites customers are allowed to see. ( look up the practice called "ransom" ). 7 # : no other broadband ISP in the regional area. No alternatives. They are using a hijack technique that I don't know the name of, attempting to force compliance. NOTE : The ?hijack technique? will corrupt the portage trees if you use "emerge-webrsync". Is there any way to ... fix? work-around? ... this idiocy? Background info : The old cable modem suddenly stopped working. The ISP sent out a clone of a Cisco DPC2316 ( Technicolor ), complete with hacked / trashed / closed firmware. So I returned the rented cable modem ( bought my own ). The Technicolor clone was using a built-in Java based "???????" to redirect / filter at the modem. Switched to Google Public DNS. Doesn't effect the ?hijack technique?. The "uMatrix/uBlock Origin" plugins ( Firefox/ Palemoon ) stop the ?hijack technique? in the web browser. Always shows up as an ipv4 address, embedded in a "frame", that resolves to "*-charter-*".
