[GRLUG] new Comcast mail blocking?

[Greg Folkert]

On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 14:17 -0500, Don Wood wrote:
> > I agree it's stupid, but it's not the same thing as draconian new laws.
> > Censorship is what *governments* do, not businesses.  If I own a radio
> > station and I don't want to play any songs about drunken brawls in
> > bars,
> > that ain't censorship.  It's my business and I choose which products to
> > offer and in what manner to offer them.  If the government tells me I
> > cannot play songs about drunken brawls in bars, that is censorship and
> > completely unacceptable.  As much as I dislike what Comcast is doing,
> > it's their business.  I could always get DSL or U-Verse.
> > --
> 
> Ah, but not everyone has that choice. Not unless you're willing to lose 80%
> of your bandwidth to switch to DSL. They've been doing a lot of bad things.
> They need to participate in net neutrality. If I had *ANYTHING* similar to
> their speeds where I live I'd be gone. 

I also would be gone. Speeds similar at even twice the cost and I would
be gone.
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