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RevK®'s ramblings
Personal blog · revk.www.me.uksystemspolitics
RevK®'s ramblings is a personal blog at revk.www.me.uk about systems and politics. Since 2010, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “What a moron... ”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Most-linked posts?
- /3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-12-23
- What a moron... 2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2010-07-10
- BT 21CN not fit for purpose?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-24
- /2013/07/active-choice.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-22
What Hacker News says?
> British DSL is far worse than cable in my experience. Define "worse". What ISP were you using? From a peering point of view as described in the article, there are a large number of ISPs buying transit and then selling Internet connections through BT-provided last mile DSL lines. I never suffer from peering congestion, since my (DSL) ISP pride themselves on not having any. For the link from my local exchange to my…
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on “Level3 is without peer, now what to do?”Submitted In the UK? Don't secure your wifi as a story · 69 points
HN discussionSometimes CEOs ( or Managing Directors ) do 'sack' customers. The MD of my ISP did so, a few years back: http://revk.www.me.uk/2009/11/being-rude-to-customer.html Quote: "so I've decided to give her 30 days notice, as we can"
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on “I emailed the CEO of T-Mobile and he killed my contract”Submitted PornGate: What could a determined small ISP do? as a story · 34 points
HN discussionAndrews & Arnold is one of the best and most nerd friendly ISPs in the UK: http://aaisp.net.uk/ You can get a good idea of the company's general philosophy from their owner's blog: http://revk.www.me.uk/ Unfortunately they are quite expensive compared to the bigger ISPs but in their case you really do get what you pay for.
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on “Producers of Minecraft Documentary upload their new movie to The Pirate Bay”Submitted Order with obligation to pay as a story · 13 points
HN discussionThey have already added the 'active choice' option: Tell us which you would like: * Unfiltered Internet access - no filtering of any content within the A&A network - you are responsible for any filtering in your own network * Censored Internet access - restricted access to unpublished government mandated filter list - still cannot guarantee kids don't access porn With the latter choice informing the user: Sorry, for…
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on “A UK ISP which is fighting against censorship”Submitted What a moron... as a story · 7 points
HN discussion> And if all ISPs are to be legally obliged to "provide" this filtering, A&A will not be an exception This is what they are doing: http://revk.www.me.uk/2013/07/active-choice.html I suspect they'll get away with it because they're not a popular consumer option. Not sure if Virgin would.
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on “A UK ISP which is fighting against censorship”Submitted How Google could kick start IPv6 as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAnother happy A&A customer here. In a world of every ISP being amazing, they'd take the crown as the best one. I get an amazingly advanced web UI which lets me do things nobody can do on any other ISPs (advanced options on my line etc). I can get a text/email/tweet whenever my line goes down and back up. I can hop on IRC and talk to sales/tech or even the owner (this[1] is his blog, by the way - He writes a lot, I r…
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on “Tell your ISP to stop retaining your data”Submitted Consumer broadband IPv6 routers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionDitch the big providers and sign up with A&A [1][2]. RevK (Adrian Kennard)[3] doesn't put up with any shit and won't be intimidated by politicians who clearly have no clue as to how the Internet works. They cost a bit more but you get what you pay for. I don't work there, just a happy customer. [1]: http://www.aa.net.uk/broadband.html [2]: http://www.aa.net.uk/about.html [3]: http://revk.www.me.uk/
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on “Australian government tries to block two sites, takes down 1,200”Submitted What happens if you run a 4 million number tarpit for junk callers? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIf it is opt-out, it is censorship. This was established through heavy lobbying and threat of legislation. And then there's the one where all major ISPs block an unpublished list of websites that are deemed "illegal". That one was established by court order, and the only way you can opt out of it is by switching to a small ISP. Here's the blog of one such small ISP, which is well worth reading: http://revk.www.me.uk…
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on “'Fastest ever' broadband passes speed test”Submitted Securing the office as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"Net neutrality" isn't really going to be a problem in the UK, since the incumbent (BT) is required to sell just the last mile bandwidth to other ISPs and we have a choice of many ISPs to provide the backhaul. I can simply use an ISP that doesn't mess about. See this post from the owner of a small, highly technically clued ISP: http://revk.www.me.uk/2010/11/two-speed-internet.html In the US, AIUI the problem is that…
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on “The end of the [UK] net as we know it: Paying for the fast lane”Submitted BT 21CN not fit for purpose? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionFor a hilarious take on VOIP honeypots: http://revk.www.me.uk/2010/07/what-moron.html
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on “Meet My Spam Honeypot for Telemarketers (Otherwise Known As My Desk Phone)”Submitted "If you paid more this would not happen" as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted IPV4 addresses to run out in Europe this weekend as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is RIPA fit for purpose? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted UK House of lords discussing porn censorship legislation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted UK Goverment mandated ISP blacklists now under the control of eztv.it as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Future of voice calls? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why the UK Snooper's Charter is a costly mistake as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Compulsory ADR process gives UK broadband customers a stick to beat their ISP as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The PI space scam - RIPE trying to force people into retroactive contracts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted IPv6 for consumers on DSL at last as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What next for IPv6, IPv4 and ISPs? as a story · 1 points
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