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Cable Industry Taking Control of the Net

Posted by michael on Friday October 25, 2002 @08:03AM from the don't-touch-that-dial dept.

Tompaine.com has a piece warning of measures that cable internet providers are taking to control their users' experiences online. We've touched on this before, but this issue needs a lot of attention and it has gotten very little from the mainstream press.

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Re:This article is a load of FUD by ivanandre · 2002-10-25 09:06 · Score: 0, Flamebait

What such a loser....

Using Gnutella, for downloading an entire Buffy episode? How big is it?

Cant wait for replay? Or is too important for you...
wow by twitter · 2002-10-26 04:47 · Score: 1, Flamebait
you are an ass licker are'nt you?
- deny collusion in telco and petrolium
- rudely tells cable customer to take whats given compares them to a gluton.
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