Personally I think we are coming into some scary times. *The state of New York is now blocking Usenet Groups*:
6/10/08 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9964895-38.html > New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Verizon > Communications, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint would "shut down major sources > of online child pornography." > What Cuomo didn't say is that his agreement with broadband providers means > that they will broadly curb customers' access to Usenet--the venerable > pre-Web home of some 100,000 discussion groups, only a handful of which > contain illegal material. Verizon offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups, others gone6/12/08 http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-9967119-38.html > Verizon Communications confirmed on Thursday that it will stop offering its > customers access to tens of thousands of Usenet discussion areas, including > the alt.* groups that have been a free-flowing area for discussions for over > two decades. Who wouldn't be against blocking child pornography sites? But I think once we start blocking sites we are opening a can of worms. The Internet is about free speech in America, it is our inalienable right granted by our Constitution. Other countries do not have these rights, such as China, and they regulate their Internet. Are the bigger ISPs (AT&T, Verizon, Time Warner, etc.) going to set policy for the Internet? Are these monopolised ISPs going to be the Internet police? If so, how does that effect the smaller ISP's, such as myself? On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Martha Huizenga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I can't believe this would actually happen. We certainly aren't > going to charge for visiting sites on a per site basis. Are you? With > all the talks from the FCC about getting access to the underserved and > unserved areas of the nation, I can't believe they would let this happen > either. I googled this and saw items referring to all ISPs are in talks > with content providers. Maybe the big guys, but not all ISPs are talking > about charging for content. > > If you read the links to the Telus products they are for mobile Internet > on your cell phone, not Internet on your computer. These are really two > different things. > > just my two cents.....I'd like to hear what others have found. > > Martha Huizenga > DC Access, LLC > > > Victoria Proffer wrote: > > Could this ever happen? > > http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality2 > > > > Of my almost 17 years as an ISP, I find it hard to believe. > > How could the LECs possibly block all the sites? > > If this is true, what could we do to stop it? > > > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > > > Victoria Proffer > > CEO > > St. Louis Broadband > > Visit us @ > > www.StLBroadband.com > > 314-974-5600 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Victoria Proffer CEO St. Louis Broadband Visit us @ www.StLBroadband.com 314-974-5600 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
