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"They" in that case would typically be the government (assuming you own your property), which at least in the US would have to (at least nominally) follow more
by spijdar 6y ago
"They" in that case would typically be the government (assuming you own your property), which at least in the US would have to (at least nominally) follow more regulations and protocols for restricting your speech, while a private business doesn't really have those same obligations.
I'm not sure how ISPs fit into this though, and to what extent they can say "we don't like the content you're serving" and cut your net. Obviously if the content is outright illegal that's one thing, but I wonder if they can "pull an Amazon".
- sjg007 6y agoEven if you had a data center other peers could refuse to peer with you, remove you from DNS etc...
- spijdar 6y agoYeah, it kinda ties back to the question of under what circumstance can an ISP cut you off. You could at least get around DNS level stuff with a P2P application layer. But if you're cut off at the routing level by everyone then yeah, no go...
- phendrenad2 6y agoI wonder, if the electric company gets thousands of requests to disconnect someone's power, will they comply?
- OldHand2018 6y agoProbably not. In many places, shutting off utilities to an occupied residence is very hard to do legally without meeting a huge number of requirements. I once lived in an apartment tower that didn’t pay the water bill for 3 years (because of an incompetent transfer of management responsibilities). They didn’t shut off the water. They didn’t threaten to shut off the water. After 3 years, they threatened to charge interest on the unpaid amount if it wasn’t paid within 30 days!