Story on twit this weeks said some timewarner cable subscribers were going to be subject to packet shaping. This is supposedly the first time any of the big companies have admitted they would be doing this and of course it's 'for our customers benefit'.
On the other end of the AT$T story, this pearl jam event has underscored the need for laws to ensure neutral packets. AT$T who has said publicly that their is no need for such laws, just made the perfect example of why there is a need for such laws. Some would cry that the market would take care of such things, if you don't like your carrier packet shaping, then go to another. I don't know about anyone else on this list, but I've got *one* choice for internet and it's a bad one. I have nowhere else to go except perhaps paying hundreds of dollars for hamstrung access to satellite internet. Another interesting article on the state of our internet access in the USA from cringely. http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html Mike On 8/13/07, Steve Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 10, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Tony B wrote: > > > What amazes me about this 'news' is that anyone actually believes > > executives from ATT were monitoring the concert and either knew in > > advance when to cut the sound, or were so fast on the ball they cut it > > in time to do any censoring. Or that any of them particularly like GW > > anyway. > > I see from your use of quote marks that you really do not consider > this story to be real news. I do think it was newsworthy and that is > why I posted it here. It is actually not new news because this event > was not the first time that censors removed lyrics or words that were > not obscene from live performances carried on the internet. From what > I heard on the radio just this morning, AT&T was involved in at least > one prior similar situation and pleaded innocence that time as well. > To me, it really doesn't matter exactly who does these things. It is > just the fact that it is done that I find troubling as well as > newsworthy. > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
