I have been thinking this day would come sooner or later. What bugs me is how the move is being sold as "protecting kids" or some other BS like that. Usenet is a huge bandwidth killer, and 90% of the bandwidth used it is for porn and illegal music and videos. ISPs don't want the costs associated with collecting and storing all that crap locally. Why dedicate entire server farms to storing that content locally when usenet companies are doing it for a fee from subscribers? A possible solution would be to negotiate discounted deals with usenet providers that they could pass on to their customers (for a health commission, of course).
I don't even think the liability issue is really a factor. ISPs have been ignoring the MPAA and RIAA for years without consequence. This is all about cutting costs and increasing profits, and it goes hand in hand with TWC's decision to try out metered access. Just wait until they start blocking YouTube. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Dana wrote: > > http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Verizon__Time_Warner_Cable__and_Sprint_To_Block_Usenet > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
