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Comment Time Warner and Vonage (Score 0) 37

I was out one night having a beer, Time Warner (my ISP at the time, this is one reason they are no longer) called me to ask to sign up for thier VOIP. Being slightly intoxicated (learned from this do not voluntarily give information) they asked to sign up for their VOIP. I (regretfully) said your competitors have a better deal, they replied "Vonage" again regretfully I answered "YES". Vonage never worked again with quality resulting in my discontinuance of the cheaper/better experience i had received! Net Neutrality is an important aspect of innovation! A start up needs to be able to compete openly without the HUGE corporations having the ability to virtually squash a competitor in the name of profit!

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Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service 254

Last month we discussed news that Microsoft had banned hundreds of thousands of Xbox users for using modified consoles. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now pointed to this round of bans as a prime example of the power given to providers of online services through 'Terms of Service' and other usage agreements. "No matter how much we rely on them to get on with our everyday lives, access to online services — like email, social networking sites, and (wait for it) online gaming — can never be guaranteed. ... he who writes the TOS makes the rules, and when it comes to enforcing them, the service provider often behaves as though it is also the judge, jury and executioner. ... While the mass ban provides a useful illustration of their danger, these terms can be found in nearly all TOS agreements for all kinds of services. There have been virtually no legal challenges to these kinds of arbitrary termination clauses, but we imagine this will be a growth area for lawyers."

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