ColdFiltered
join:2005-01-25
Atlanta, GA
| reply to Karl Bode
Re: I love this quote...
ISP == Internet Service Provider. As to what 'services' are provided is at the discretion of the ISP, no? As a customer and consumer you can take their version of a service offering or shove it. But that is exactly how many ISPs feel, and to a certain extent I agree. |
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jaxdomino
join:2001-12-01
Jacksonville, FL
| The 'service' in Internet Service Provider' refers to the fact that they provide INTERNET access, nothing else! so you are wrong and so are they.
I am a perfect example of Clearwire blocking VoIP. I am a Lingo customer and I switched my BellSouth number over to Lingo last week 3/25/05. Well BellSouth turned off my telephone AND DSL! No problem. I borrowed my mom's Clearwire receiver and hooked it up at my house. Go figure, no VoIP. Lingo had no clue as to why it wasn't working. Called BellSouth Monday asked for my number back from Lingo, they told me it would be 14 days! Called Comcast the same day and Tuesday 3/29, I was surfing and talking. Point being, I would have stuck with Clearwire and became a customer, since I got great signal strength in my house and it was ok speed-wise. Because they block VoIP, screw them and I'm sure once enough people get wind of this, they'll walk also. If they have a choice as I did. For a company not even a year old, they are taking a big gamble. I wouldn't invest them. |
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meathismoms
@24.48.x.x
| "The 'service' in Internet Service Provider' refers to the fact that they provide INTERNET access, nothing else! so you are wrong and so are they.
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I'll leave open dhcp, dns and 80 for your browser. You can still browse the ' internet ' , you have access.
I guess it depends on what the ToS states. |
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CaptSternn
Sternn Heavy Industries
join:2002-05-24
Overland Park, KS | The Internet is more than just "web surfing". What you describe is a Web Service Provider. Sounds like a pretty limited business model to me. |
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jaxdomino
join:2001-12-01
Jacksonville, FL | That's ,my point. If you are a INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER, then provide the Internet unfiltered. If you want to block what you want then call your self a WEB SERVICE PROVIDER. Or as in the case of @OL an Online Service PERIOD It works for them. |
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