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0 pointsakerl_2mo ago0 comments

> customers would bring lawsuits against ISPs and cell providers

What would the case be against ISPs here?

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Failure to provide the contracted service. If you pay for internet, but they aasign you an IP that is already blacklisted, you are not getting internet.

akerl_OP2mo ago

I don’t see any way for that to work out.

Your ISP is not responsible for ensuring that the connection they give you works to access any particular sites (see, for example, all the sites that already implement geo-fencing to block or alter the experience based on country of origin).

sandworm1012mo ago

And if the blacklist is on the upstream provider? So you literally cannot send packets beyond your residential ISP? Have fun surfing the comcast homepage.

akerl_OP2mo ago

It’s not clear what you’re trying to say. Nobody’s arguing that 3rd parties blocking ASs, ISPs, regions, etc is fun for the people who get blocked.

But that doesn’t somehow create a civil case against your ISP for not acting in response to the 3rd party action.

gzread2mo ago

So if I drive my Toyota to the corner store and they tell me to go away, I'm not welcome, I should sue Toyota for failing to get me to the store?

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sandworm1012mo ago

Failure to provide the contracted service. If you pay for internet, but they aasign you an IP that is already blacklisted, you are not getting internet.

akerl_OP2mo ago

I don’t see any way for that to work out.

sandworm1012mo ago

And if the blacklist is on the upstream provider? So you literally cannot send packets beyond your residential ISP? Have fun surfing the comcast homepage.

akerl_OP2mo ago

It’s not clear what you’re trying to say. Nobody’s arguing that 3rd parties blocking ASs, ISPs, regions, etc is fun for the people who get blocked.

But that doesn’t somehow create a civil case against your ISP for not acting in response to the 3rd party action.

gzread2mo ago

So if I drive my Toyota to the corner store and they tell me to go away, I'm not welcome, I should sue Toyota for failing to get me to the store?

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