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0 pointstenebrisalietum6y ago0 comments

So why would my ISP be logging every or even any TCP packet coming out of my modem? I watch Netflix at full 4K and that consumes about 3GB an hour. Multiplied by the 50,000 in my neighborhood and it seems pricey.

Some things I would be expecting them to log are DNS requests, DHCP leases, and access to ISP sites.

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hnta1423566y ago· 1 in thread

initial TCP connection. obviously they wouldn't log every TCP packet in an established connection.

Red_Leaves_Flyy6y ago

They could though. Data storage is cheap and consumers can't generate enough fluff to cause an overflow. They probably don't for 95% of internet traffic. It's the outliers that get the most scrutiny.

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