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In the context of net neutrality ending, this looks like AT&T acquiring the means to exploit discriminatory traffic routing. It seems like there will be a gold
by roflc0ptic 8y ago
In the context of net neutrality ending, this looks like AT&T acquiring the means to exploit discriminatory traffic routing. It seems like there will be a gold rush of sorts, towards building walled gardens, segmenting the Internet into fiefs.
Does ending NN allow an ISP to completely block a website? I.e. to what extent does this also open up the door to overt political censorship?
- jhall1468 8y agoTime Warner the ISP was bought years ago. This is Time Warner the entertainment company.
- tacomonstrous 8y agoAT&T is an ISP. They also own DirecTV, and now CNN and associated media entities.
- jhall1468 8y agoI'm well aware. My point was that people were talking about the issue like it was Time Warner the ISP. It isn't.
- droopybuns 8y agoThere are two examples of websites being blocked that I can point to, none involving ISPs: 1) Google blocking Microsoft and Amazon devices from accessing YouTube content. 2) FBI takeovers of DNS entries to web servers or TOR nodes. And if political censorship is your biggest concern, should youtube be held accountable for blocking firearms content on their site? Where are the examples of ISPs blocking web pages? Throttling != blocking. Bandwidth is not infinite. Edit: If facts are inconvenient, that downvote button provides a nutritional burst of serotonin.
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