If the scanning code is fully open-sourced, and doesn’t upload anything without user permission, it would keep people from sharing things that would get them in trouble. Hmm.
Ironically, 300 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up is not a package that AT&T offers home users; anything over 100 Mbps is symmetrical for home or small businesses, and 100 Mbps service is symmetrical when delivered over fiber instead of VDSL (it is 20 Mbps up on VDSL). 300/20 is a common cable Internet tier, however.
While it is true that a monopoly owned by a city and controlled by people that can be voted out is a slight improvement over one owned by a faraway corporation, I know that I’d prefer open access where multiple companies compete for my business for Internet, as they do with electricity here in Illinois and in Texas. I'm also involved in a project to create a Co-operative that runs an Open-Access network in my area, although we are still just gathering support at the moment.
While at least some ISPs did or do offer some kind of discount or rollover data on capped plans, it is definitely the exception and not the rule so far. As usual, the remedy to high prices is more competition.
I am cautiously optimistic about StarLink and similar projects. Meanwhile I do what I can to encourage the growth of co-operative networks, including projects like Althea incentivized mesh networks, which have the added bonus of extra reliability though multiple paths to a node.
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Right-to-Repair
There is some money in Right-to-Repair, for the independent repair shops.
Client-side content scanning
If the scanning code is fully open-sourced, and doesn’t upload anything without user permission, it would keep people from sharing things that would get them in trouble. Hmm.
PornHub block
I would expect that people who want to look at PornHub, etc. in indiana will get a VPN, as others have suggested.
Edmonton Oilers
That sounds like a senior prank and an excellent idea.
Re: AT&T is bad
Here, this may give you a laugh: https://youtu.be/eKfK0uvBmCQ
Re: throughput
Ironically, 300 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up is not a package that AT&T offers home users; anything over 100 Mbps is symmetrical for home or small businesses, and 100 Mbps service is symmetrical when delivered over fiber instead of VDSL (it is 20 Mbps up on VDSL). 300/20 is a common cable Internet tier, however.
Re: Re: Monopolies
While it is true that a monopoly owned by a city and controlled by people that can be voted out is a slight improvement over one owned by a faraway corporation, I know that I’d prefer open access where multiple companies compete for my business for Internet, as they do with electricity here in Illinois and in Texas. I'm also involved in a project to create a Co-operative that runs an Open-Access network in my area, although we are still just gathering support at the moment.
Re: Connectivity Expansion
There definitely have been connectivity expansions since March, but major expansions tend to be by local organizations or new players, such as SiFi Networks ( https://muninetworks.org/content/sifi-networks-first-fibercity-goes-live-fullerton-ca ) or https://Althea.net.
Irregulators
The people running the http://irregulators.org/ website have attempted to keep track.
Re: So, what people should do
My religion actually does, so I'd say it's worth a shot.
Re: 'The uh... network is back to being terrible you see.'
While at least some ISPs did or do offer some kind of discount or rollover data on capped plans, it is definitely the exception and not the rule so far. As usual, the remedy to high prices is more competition.
Re: Re: Waiting for disruption
I am cautiously optimistic about StarLink and similar projects. Meanwhile I do what I can to encourage the growth of co-operative networks, including projects like Althea incentivized mesh networks, which have the added bonus of extra reliability though multiple paths to a node.