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That’s bad news. I also read today that there is talk about banning some talk radio shows. I not really into youtube, but no way should it be banned.
No matter how any of us feel about a certain form of information, we need to defend our rights of free speech, not just when its something we agree on.
I am troubled about all of this.
Here is where I read it – This guy is pretty respected in SEO circles http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/isps-looking-at-banning-youtube-and-iplayer.html
Im gonna check it out when I get home tonight.
Thats an ISP that will lose Tons of Customers.
The Headline in the link doesn’t match the text of the story in that blog. It does mention both youTube and the I-Player as likely causes of increased bandwidth by consumers, but nowhere does it suggest censorship or banning, other than the heading.
The story says that high bandwidth users are slurping up all the bandwidth, and they will have probably have to pay more in order to cover the costs of installing new hardware.
It posits that using 50Gb a month may mean a 12% surcharge in the near future.
Actually, down here in the Sout Pacific that’s already the case with cheap “broadband” accounts available at lower bandwidths, and premium levels costing more. We never really ever had spare infrastructure down here anyway.
:tongue:That ISP is going to be banned by consumers
I don’t see a chance that ISP(s) will block access to you tube or the related..
It will be a stupid move, since youtube do not contain porn or any other harmful content.
Moreover.. they did try to block People from using Torrents (Here in Israel..), in the past.
It did not work (And this is purely illegal to use torrents..), and they took the leash away eventually.
Even though some ISPs here are partly blocking ports belonging to torrents / Emules.. that only makes the competition richer (Isps that do not do that)… so blocking youtube will also be silly business act…
all excellent points.
free speech and access to it should always be a priority on the net. if not THE priority.
slippery slope and all that arguement is more than lip service.
That ISP’s managers are total idiots
:roflmao:
