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Thu Jan 31 15:32:50 UTC 2002

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Jim Shankland wrote:

> opener, etc. will all be IP-addressable.  I'll be damned if I'll spend
> an extra $5/month for my refrigerator to surf the web, and I'll bet I'm
> not alone :-).

Without rehashing the Slashdot discussion, no, I really don't think you
are, and with the large market for home networking and steps people
are taking toward security with NAT routers and pesonal firewalls, I
think it would be an uphill battle to enforce a policy such as this. I
guess we will see how it shakes out.

andy

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