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AT&T Silences Criticism in New Terms of Service

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the say-no-evil dept.

marco13185 writes "AT&T's new Terms of Service give AT&T the right to suspend your account and all service "for conduct that AT&T believes"..."(c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries." After cooperating with the government's violations of privacy and liberties, I guess AT&T wants their fair share. AT&T users may want to think twice about commenting if they value their internet service."

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  1. Value AT&T? by speaker+of+the+truth · · Score: 2, Funny

    AT&T users may want to think twice about commenting if they value their internet service. I dunno. The idea of someone valuing AT&T's service while at the same time complaining about it seems a bit strange to me. They wouldn't be complaining after all if they were happy with it.
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  2. My service is shit ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come and get me yo +++ carrier lost +++

  3. Not censorship by speaker+of+the+truth · · Score: 5, Funny

    This isn't censorship but a value added service on AT&T's behalf. If someone is complaining about AT&T obviously they're unhappy with their service and so AT&T saves them the customer the hassle of calling and cancelling the service by simply cancelling it themselves. This is a great service on AT&T's part (no more having to wait 1 hour on hold to talk to a person) and I can't see how anyone could complain about it.

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    1. Re:Not censorship by ElMiguel · · Score: 5, Funny

      I can't see how anyone could complain about it.

      You only say that because you want to keep your Internet connection.

  4. Frankly, I'm not surprised by jollyreaper · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, the company's logo is the fucking Death Star and even George Lucas is powerless to sue them into not using it. I'm not surprised they're prosecuting thought crime. I'm assuming that they'll be feeding pirates feet-first into industrial shredders and give the pureed results to their slavering army of uruk-lawyers.

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  5. On the bright side... by Leuf · · Score: 3, Funny

    If AOL did this it would finally be possible to end your service over the net.

  6. Re:Reason #1 for net neutrality... by theshowmecanuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well obviously they are censoring no

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  7. Re:If you dont like it... by maxwell+demon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Use a connection conforming to rfc2549. You don't need AT&T for that.
    OK, the latency may be a little high ...

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