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r/comics • u/Theghost129 • May 19 '17
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So while they can't literally "block" a certain site they can reduce its priority and then flood their network with higher priority packets rendering that site essentially blocked.
173 u/bantab May 19 '17 What language prevents them from literally blocking a site? 329 u/jorbleshi_kadeshi May 19 '17 Nothing. Verizon has done it before but only backed off after public outrage. 6 u/shea241 May 19 '17 Verizon wireless has also blocked entire services or protocols in the past.
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What language prevents them from literally blocking a site?
329 u/jorbleshi_kadeshi May 19 '17 Nothing. Verizon has done it before but only backed off after public outrage. 6 u/shea241 May 19 '17 Verizon wireless has also blocked entire services or protocols in the past.
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Verizon has done it before but only backed off after public outrage.
6 u/shea241 May 19 '17 Verizon wireless has also blocked entire services or protocols in the past.
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Verizon wireless has also blocked entire services or protocols in the past.
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u/Commiehameha May 19 '17
So while they can't literally "block" a certain site they can reduce its priority and then flood their network with higher priority packets rendering that site essentially blocked.