MarkyD
Premium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK
clubs: | This is one of the many reasons
I'll likely never go back to AT&T.
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Oleg
Bellsouth Fastaccess
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join:2003-12-08
Birmingham, AL | Re: AT&T Piracy Filters Tread Dangerous Ground
Wonder if costumer will have an option allow or block  |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL | reply to MarkyD
Re: This is one of the many reasons
In the very near future, it might be your only choice.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| reply to MarkyD
Yup... Big brother is ruining the Internet.
On one side: Comcast
High(er) speeds, high(er) prices, Sandvine, caps
On the other side: AT&T
Low(er) speeds, low(er) prices, NSA/Hollywood sniffing alliance, Microsoft IPTV (I wonder if the STB's track TV watching through Cookies).
Almost makes me think of AOL. Here's the Internet that we think you want to see/view. Anything else is deemed bad/illegal.
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ATHF
join:2004-12-20
00000 | Some one forgot the NSA
»/r0/download/1···bile.jpg
needs to edited where the NSA servers |
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
Premium
join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs | reply to MarkyD
Re: This is one of the many reasons
The death star strikes again... |
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ | AT&T != ISP
AT&T should no longer be considered an ISP or be able to advertise "internet" access if they filter content. |
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S_engineer
join:2007-05-16
Chicago, IL
·Comcast
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Re: This is one of the many reasons
said by en102  :Almost makes me think of AOL. Here's the Internet that we think you want to see/view. Anything else is deemed bad/illegal. Great analogy. Take it one step further once the practice is established. The ISPs extort money from smaller web apps to be "verified" through their filter system.
Do you still think broadband is a privalege, and if so, are you happy with this type of topic? |
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MrMoody
Carbon Based Lifeform
join:2002-09-03
Smithfield, NC
·Embarq
 ·Skype
·magicjack.com
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said by en102 :Yup... Big brother is ruining the Internet. Microsoft IPTV (I wonder if the STB's track TV watching I'd bet the farm on that one, they have an open two-way connection, they're going to use it.
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DHRacer
Fire Survivor
join:2000-10-10
Lake Arrowhead, CA | Not of this country
Welcome to China!
ISPs should be pipe providers only, plain and simple. Irrespective of the content that passes through them.
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Before everyone gets their boxers in a bunch
none of the companies have ever established that their products work...work on encrypted packets...work on ascii converted data etc....until someone can demonstrate that stuff can actually determine that the contents of say a p2p encrypted packet are of copy writed content ....i think you can relax
from their web site it appears to be more aligned with stopping youtube type uploads etc...
i could be talking out my butt here.... |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME
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Re: This is one of the many reasons
That's how the wireless version works.... no streaming unless its provided by our content providers (i.e. companies that pay us money ... and we charge money from customers as well as ad providers).
Money from every direction. Anything that doesn't pay or become 'approved' is deemed to be pirate and violates TOS.
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY
| Conflict of interest
Isn't it in some way illegal for AT&T to degrade internet service to promote their own television service. I mean regardless of whether the content is pirated or not, the removal of pirated content from a network that was built on the backs of tax payers should be left to proper legal process. I know I'll get a bunch of responses that say, "It's their network," but it's really not. Tax subsidies and monthly bills pay their network bills so technically it's our network. Not to mention the fact that they were a government sanctioned monopoly for the better part of their days. AT&T should be broken up into HSI and television sellers... I think when people start to realize that it is actually our network and that it will be very difficult to build another one (again on our backs) they will understand how critical it is to oppose AT&T. This really makes me angry because while the world moves into the direction of eliminating middle men like the RIAA and MPAA AT&T takes a step backwards. What they are doing is simply illegal. |
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grandpinaple
join:2006-01-03
New York, NY
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Re: Before everyone gets their boxers in a bunch
They'll just ban encryption on their network or degrade it... If they can find a way to identify pirated content getting around pesky checks and balances like encryption, vpn ssh, etc is a walk in the park./tin foil hat off. Take this at least partially seriously. |
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averagedude
join:2002-01-30
Mesa, AZ
·Cox HSI
3 edits | reply to danclan
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Privacy - that was so 19th century......
Using encrypted technologies is a dead give away that you are doing something illegal.
They will simply block all encrypted data.
If you don't have anything to hide...so why are you using encrytion?
Soon the only way to surf the net will be totally naked with a blind fold.
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ninjatutle
Premium
join:2006-01-02
San Ramon, CA
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
1 edit | Oh noes
Hmmm they are stopping illegal activity. Whats the problem again?
Oh yeah, there's a bunch of whiny, warez, illegal movie downloaders here. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | reply to averagedude
Re: Before everyone gets their boxers in a bunch
Yeah - I'll just put my SSN, and bank account info into a non SSL / HTTPS bank web site.
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs: | reply to jjoshua
Re: AT&T != ISP
but think of the profit! |
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mjwise
join:2007-05-09
Ann Arbor, MI
·AT&T U-Verse
| So....yeah...
the whole marketing it as stopping child pornography thing? How the heck would that even work? Wouldn't they actually have to have a collection (!) of it to match stuff flowing through their network against? Would they have to have people actively try to collect it? Doesn't that seem like a really bad idea? |
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Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA | Arabic?
Why is there Arabic writing in the article header image? |
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