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> Because they're making use of a government granted monopoly on a physically limited common. They should in turn operate as common carriers. Hmm, not always t
by umvi 6y ago
> Because they're making use of a government granted monopoly on a physically limited common. They should in turn operate as common carriers.
Hmm, not always though. I use WiFi 99% of the time, including for voice calling, which isn't using any government-allocated cellular spectrum. So in my case, T-Mobile should be able to filter packets going through their servers and censor undesirable speech, right? Their servers, their ToS, right?
- takeda 6y agoI think you got confused, we are talking about booting people off of their service. I don't know how common carriers operate, and perhaps they can't kick you off. Also their government allocated bands don't change if you use "WiFi 99% of the time" they still have the monopoly. As for packet filtering, that's Net Neutrality issue, which last time I checked the right was against and successfully allowed it (except for states that brought their own laws to replace it).