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Originally Posted by Juggalo_X
they are not blocking an app, they are blocking a protocol over there networks and thats perfectly legal dude. you can use the app all you want till ur blue in the face, they just filter protocols. Just like VZW is filtering all there droid customers Push email protocols and making you pay 10 bux a month if you wish to use push and have that unfiltered. Thats exactly how telus gets away with it. they want you to buy there packages that are designed around streaming media if you wish to use that protocol.
ISP's do this all the time as well, especially for voip on Business lines if they are not paying for a voip service. Also if you read the ToS of most isp's they state they have the right to filter and or throttle certain protocols for "network stability" reasons. A nother perfect example is Cable companies and how they throttle bit-torrent users. They have a pretty word for this too, its called "ISP Traffic Shaping"
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Actually, filtering the protocol is what is illegal. Net neutrality. That is the actual word (phrase) that applies here. Comcast got blasted for it by the FCC in the USA. They were blocking and slowing down bit torrent traffic and the FCC forced them to stop. It may be legal in Canada, I don't know, but it is illegal here in the states. That's why AT&T and Apple blocked the Sling Player app, instead of just blocking the protocol (and the FCC then asked them about that anyway). AT&T has it in their terms and conditions that streaming tv is against the rules. They do not block the protocol though. AT&T (and all the carriers here in the states) have been fighting Net Neutrality for a while now. See here for some info on this:
http://www.phonenews.com/did-the-fcc...rictions-3971/
"The FCC last week ruled that Comcast was in violation of its licenses by interfering with BitTorrent traffic. While the FCC’s ruling was nebulous at best, it was the first major win for the Net Neutrality supporters. Essentially, the FCC is taking the position that, so long as network activity is not abusive, that a carrier cannot interfere with such traffic."
There is a ton of info on this here:
http://www.freepress.net/freemyphone
Also, see the link in my sig as that is what it is all about...