URLs, IPs and interception

[Roland Perry]

In article <47CBE7D1.6080302@bbk.ac.uk>, ken <k.brown@bbk.ac.uk> writes
>If you delete the opt-out cookie you are supposed to go back to their
>website to opt-out again.

And presumably this opt-out needs to be done by every person in the
house [1] for every PC [2] and every browser they use [3].

>If anyone can think of an ISP can can offer decent speed in to domestic
>users in south London and that actually works and that doesn't have any
>business connection with BT or NTL/Virgin I'd be very tempted....

Here are the apparent top 10 (source http://www.ispreview.co.uk/):

1.      BT Retail               4,251,000
2.      Virgin Media            3,701,200
3.      Carphone Warehouse      2,604,000
4.      Tiscali (Pipex)         2,000,000
5.      Sky Broadband           1,199,000
6.      Orange                  1,138,000
7.      Kingston Comms            195,255
8.      THUS Group (Demon)        126,000
9.      O2 (Be)                   100,000
10.     Entanet                    92,000

And of those BT, TalkTalk (Carphone Warehouse) and Virgin Media are
apparently on board [4] while Sky (nee Easynet), Tiscali (nee Pipex) and
Orange are being canvassed [5].

[1] Including guests.

[2] Four PCs I regularly use, plus the family all have their own as
     well. I wonder how this works for browsing on a phone [6] (which
     I've not done yet, but it's only a matter of time).

[3] I try to be Firefox-only, but there are a very few sites I visit
     that are genuinely IE-only and I simply have to use it.

[4] The top three, quelle surprise.

[5] The next three!! Given the huge drop in subscriber numbers after
     that, it might be possible to conclude that the remainder are
     Phorm-safe for now.

[6] It's possible that various 3G and other data connections via phones
     aren't included in that top-ten.
-- 
Roland Perry