Well, damn it, I have to admit this is pretty annoying. I agree with Fernando that Verizon can do what it wants since people have the option of choosing another carrier (and there is competition in that market--heavy competition), but censoring SMS chaps me. :)
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration Fernando Vilas wrote: > On Friday 28 September 2007 08:47:02 Petri Laihonen wrote: >> More "non-existing" censorship..... >> >> While providing mobile services in US, it has always bothered me why so >> much SMS messages get lost in carrier networks. Addition to technical >> incompetence, here we have another reason. Even though this source >> released the information as "today's news", it has already been released >> a day or two ago, and Verizon had since announced a change to their >> corporate policies to allow the content in the messages in question. >> However, not to spy or censor something else though.... >> > > They make allowances for this particular message, but reserve the right to > block future messages at their discretion. As a private company, that is > their right, since common carrier laws don't apply to SMS. We may not like > it, but if it's not a state actor, it's not a 1st amendment issue. There are > other carriers that, as far as we know, don't have these types of things > going on. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
