[97363] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: UK ISPs v. US ISPs (was RE: Network Level Content Blocking)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Sat Jun 9 20:11:11 2007
Date: Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:08:45 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0706091620350.21932@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Sean Donelan wrote:
> UK ISP associations have developed a centralized blocking solution with
> IWF providing the decision making of what to filter. 90% of the UK
> broadband users accept the same "voluntary" decisions about what to filter.
>
I have not seen any evidence presented that *any* "UK broadband users"
either *know* about or "accept" the "voluntary" decisions of their ISP,
made for them in their 'Net Nanny role.
Could you point to the URL for this scientific polling data?
> On the other hand, US ISP associations have advocated for decentralized
> blocking solutions, leaving the decision to parents and multiple content
> filtering companies. US ISP associations have been active in this area
> since the early 1990's, although US ISP associations seem to only last so
> long before they disappear and a new association springs up.
>
And that has not worked out well for us. No continuity, no effective
lobbying organization. Where, oh where, are CIX, ISP/C, et alia?
