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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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This is where we must all realize that 3 (and only 3) companies competing is not competition. It is oligopoly.

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.

> 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.

Here is what your comment boils down to:

"A."

"But B!"

>> "But still, A." <<

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

I have T-Mobile, they don't block my VPN traffic. Cox however... My VPN does not work on any Cox network.

> 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.

Are there public statements from ATT describing their intent to not block private vpns for the foreseeable future?

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.

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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