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> customers would bring lawsuits against ISPs and cell providers What would the case be against ISPs here?
by akerl_ 8mo ago
> customers would bring lawsuits against ISPs and cell providers
What would the case be against ISPs here?
- sandworm101 8mo agoFailure to provide the contracted service. If you pay for internet, but they aasign you an IP that is already blacklisted, you are not getting internet.
- akerl_ 8mo agoI don’t see any way for that to work out. Your ISP is not responsible for ensuring that the connection they give you works to access any particular sites (see, for example, all the sites that already implement geo-fencing to block or alter the experience based on country of origin).
- sandworm101 8mo agoAnd if the blacklist is on the upstream provider? So you literally cannot send packets beyond your residential ISP? Have fun surfing the comcast homepage.
- akerl_ 8mo agoIt’s not clear what you’re trying to say. Nobody’s arguing that 3rd parties blocking ASs, ISPs, regions, etc is fun for the people who get blocked. But that doesn’t somehow create a civil case against your ISP for not acting in response to the 3rd party action.
- gzread 8mo agoSo if I drive my Toyota to the corner store and they tell me to go away, I'm not welcome, I should sue Toyota for failing to get me to the store?