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 My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother
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Eddie_the_Hated

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My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 10, 2008 07:22
AT&T, My ISP, is considering filtering content on a network level to prevent piracy.

Scary stuff. It' s like having armed guards stationed in front of parts of the library that teach you how to make explosions, for fear that someone' ll get blown up.
< Message edited by eddie_the_hated -- 9 Jan 08 23:23:07 >
Agent Ghost

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RE: My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 10, 2008 07:27
I know sympatico has been reducing bandwidth to PVP traffic for a while now. This kind of thing really pisses me off.

< Message edited by Agent Ghost -- 10 Jan 08 0:45:11 >
Joe Redifer

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RE: My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 10, 2008 08:18
Solution: Drop AT&T. Get someone else. Let them know why you' re dropping them while you' re at it.
locopuyo

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RE: My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 11, 2008 03:35
comcast already does some filtering
Eddie_the_Hated

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RE: My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 12, 2008 08:41

Solution: Drop AT&T. Get someone else. Let them know why you' re dropping them while you' re at it.

I' m a minor, I don' t pay for my internet, and consequently have no control over what service I use.

I' ve written them expressing my irritation, but so long as they' re still getting my house' s payment, of course nothing will be done.


comcast already does some filtering

Do they really? This really gets me ticked off, but I' m not going to really lose it until they start nabbing people, or begin to assist in getting people.
locopuyo

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RE: My ISP' s Becoming Big-Brother - Jan 12, 2008 08:50
when you are seeding torrents, some places, sometimes, comcast sends signals to people you are seeding to that says you aren' t seeding anymore.
Also, I' m not sure if they do this some places or not yet, but they give short connections priority over sustained connections. So say you' re playing a game on the same server for a long time, your pings will suffer if other people are looking at a bunch of web sites.

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