11-26-2015, 04:10 AM
VPN tunnels assume the transit network(s) are hostile; the problem is usually endpoint security.
"Traditional" VPN connections use non-IP protocols and are thus trivially excluded by the service provider -- this is another place where commercial connections win; consumer-grade internet can (and does) filter out things that the ISP doesn't think you should be doing.
Desktop computers can be made wireless with a USB WiFi dongle from OfficeMax or Amazon or similar, should be under $20.
it buys excess capacity from the major telecons at wholesale and resells it
As such, the MVNO carrier's traffic may be downgraded in preference to native carrier traffic. It seems that postpay accounts get the best access, followed by prepay, with MVNO last, but this is nearly impossible to prove.
"Traditional" VPN connections use non-IP protocols and are thus trivially excluded by the service provider -- this is another place where commercial connections win; consumer-grade internet can (and does) filter out things that the ISP doesn't think you should be doing.
Desktop computers can be made wireless with a USB WiFi dongle from OfficeMax or Amazon or similar, should be under $20.
it buys excess capacity from the major telecons at wholesale and resells it
As such, the MVNO carrier's traffic may be downgraded in preference to native carrier traffic. It seems that postpay accounts get the best access, followed by prepay, with MVNO last, but this is nearly impossible to prove.