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Should Rogers, Bell, and Telus be allowed to decide what you can and cannot read?
They own the connection you read it through. How far does their right to decide how that infrastructure is used extend? Does it empower them to censor?
For example, during a labour dispute Telus had with its employees it blocked the union's website.
More subtly, most providers plan on offering you a faster connection to services they receive a kickback for, while leaving unrelated third party websites to twist in the wind. Thus if you are a Bell customer your connection to Bell media sites like the Globe & Mail would be faster and better than your connection to competing sites like the Star.
Less subtly Rogers blocks anything that looks like a VOIP connection on your home bandwidth to ensure that you buy VOIP products from Rogers and not from someone else.
Should Rogers, Bell, and Telus be allowed to decide what you can and cannot read?
They own the connection you read it through. How far does their right to decide how that infrastructure is used extend? Does it empower them to censor?
For example, during a labour dispute Telus had with its employees it blocked the union's website.
More subtly, most providers plan on offering you a faster connection to services they receive a kickback for, while leaving unrelated third party websites to twist in the wind. Thus if you are a Bell customer your connection to Bell media sites like the Globe & Mail would be faster and better than your connection to competing sites like the Star.
Less subtly Rogers blocks anything that looks like a VOIP connection on your home bandwidth to ensure that you buy VOIP products from Rogers and not from someone else.
