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ISP to Supreme Court: We shouldn’t have to disconnect users accused of piracy (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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It feels dirty to agree with an ISP on something. But even the worst corporations are on the right side of something from time to time I suppose.

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[–] michaelmrose@lemmy.world 119 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I want to say as an employee of an ISP I literally dealt with users who essentially couldn't get high speed internet anymore at their address because we were the only option and their grandkids downloaded movies. This put the entire household at a grave disadvantage educationally compared to other households. It shouldn't be a thing.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 50 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That this is even legal in the first place is insane. Digital communication is at least as vital, if not more vital that postage. Image someone is just banned form getting post delivered or he gets throttled to only once every other week...

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Yep, good luck finding a job with no internet.