Verizon Wireless Blocks 4chan Website

[Goosemaster]

over 9000

oh why did I laugh out loud at that.

Now I am emotionally involved:\

 

[LikeLinus]

Their network, their rules. I'm protecting private property rights and the desire for people to read what they sign. You know, that personal responsibility thing that seems to be lacking so much with the entitlement mentality.

You mean those same rules that can change at any time? Right. It's not a personal responsibility when you have companies who change the rules in the middle of the game (i.e. Comcast/Verizon "unlimited" data, Comcrap restricting traffic, application throttling..etc.). "Net neutrality"????

Not to mention that just because they say something, doesn't automatically make it fair and legal. ETF anyone?

Companies are out to screw you and the only thing that matters is the bottom line. It's not about personal responsibility, it's about consumer rights.

It's only your dignity. Suck it.

 

[Leros]

Has 4chan retaliated yet? I'm curious as to what 4chan will.

 

[manowar821]

They can write that in the contract, but that doesn't change the fact that they're fucking worthless censoring asshats.

 

[thescreensavers]

Verizon should be unblocking boards.4chan.org later tonight.


I'll post a more detailed explanation tomorrow, but the issue is similar to the one we had with AT&T last year.

that hardly lasted

 

[iamwiz82]

China... Verizion.... China... Verizion...

I can't tell a difference?

 

[manowar821]

that hardly lasted

Just testing the waters, pay no attention.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

what is 4chan?

You are now in the know

 

[alkemyst]

Has 4chan retaliated yet? I'm curious as to what 4chan will.

 

[Pepsei]

when they come for porn, people will speak up.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

When it happened in China it was well its not my problem it won't happen here. When it started to happen here it was oh its not my problem I don't like that website... bit by bit they are lulling you to sleep.

 

[SunSamurai]

The action might legall fit within the bounds of the contract. I still wouldn't call it "perfectly fine".

You mean those same rules that can change at any time? Right. It's not a personal responsibility when you have companies who change the rules in the middle of the game (i.e. Comcast/Verizon "unlimited" data, Comcrap restricting traffic, application throttling..etc.). "Net neutrality"????

Not to mention that just because they say something, doesn't automatically make it fair and legal. ETF anyone?

Companies are out to screw you and the only thing that matters is the bottom line. It's not about personal responsibility, it's about consumer rights.

It's only your dignity. Suck it.

Youre telling this to spidey07? The resident corporate tool? Same dude that was saying intel did nothing wrong back when they were bribing companies like Dell not to have a AMD line? :hmm:

 

[spidey07]

When it happened in China it was well its not my problem it won't happen here. When it started to happen here it was oh its not my problem I don't like that website... bit by bit they are lulling you to sleep.

China was the government.

This is a private business trying to protect their resources and give the best service to it's customers.

HUGE difference.

 

[Tobolo]

It says that AT&T blocked it awhile back but I can access it on my phone right now.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

China was the government.

This is a private business trying to protect their resources and give the best service to it's customers.

HUGE difference.

No there isn't. Government can and does put pressure on private industry to do their bidding all the time. China just removed the middle man. Same outcome in the end only the GOVT here has a scapegoat.

 

[syrillus]

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

 

[3chordcharlie]

China was the government.

This is a private business trying to protect their resources and give the best service to it's customers.

HUGE difference.

Care to explain how this protects resources or improves service?

You're much better off sticking with 'they can do anything they want because their contract says they can, and hasn't been challeneged in court yet, where it will lose'. I mean really, stay with that one.

 

[FelixDeCat]

slippery slope

 

[frostedflakes]

It says that AT&T blocked it awhile back but I can access it on my phone right now.

It's no longer blocked by AT&T, and it appears that the Verizon situation is similar to this. Neither were done because of the content on the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4chan#ISP_ban

 

[hanoverphist]

I can get to /b/ on my Verizon Blackberry.

Love or hate 4chan is obviously a matter of opinion, but I would hope that most people think that a provider should not be dictating which websites I can or cannot go to.

i just tried it on my winmo phone, i could get all the way to a pic in /b/

ive never felt the need to actually go to that site, i cant fathom needing to see it on my phone. still pisses me off they are supposedly filtering web content (even tho it isnt filtered on mine)