Verizon tells Hollywood to go away
Unlike the evil overlords at AT&T, masters of terrible analogies, and false moral authority, the lads at Verizon have taken a surprising tack with Hollywood’s request to support filtering:
A simple “No.”
They list three reasons for this:
First, it opens the door for other organizations to make demands as to what should and shouldn’t be allowed. Verizon doesn’t feel the internet should be excessively policed. Second, it sets a precedent that would make networks and service providers liable for future cases where they fail to block content. Third, Verizon sees content filtering as an invasion of privacy, and they try to balance the wishes of customers with the necessity for content protection
Now, if only I could sign up for their services in my area...
Yeeeeah. I wish for that too.
wtf go verizon! Makes me proud to be a customer!
You can always support them by purchasing their cellular or other services.
Now I'm conflicted. I am eager to ditch them as my cellular provider, but then they go and do something decent. Oh well, I can't get their Internet service, anyway.
I have them as a wireless company already, yeah. However, that doesn't show up in the proper "revenues" column. I want to make sure I drive the point home for their decision within one particular wing of the company, so that when they analyze it at a later date to see if it was a smart move, it makes ATT, SBC, Comcast, and Cox sweat.
AHA!! I'm glad I'm getting Verizon Wireless Broadband when I move out to Hallsberg.
/me patiently waits for contract to expire to switch to VZW