Major ISP in Ecuador Blocks P2P
Monday, February 21st, 2005According to this post (in Spanish) at the ALTO1040 Blog, one of the major providers of Internet access in Ecuador has blocked P2P access.
According to the post, customers of Satnet when asking customer service why their P2P was blocked were given various answers such as “The fiber optic connection has failed”, “Our bandwidth is not working as we expected”, …
It is dangerous when ISPs begin deciding what users can and cannot do. The ISP is there to provide the access. If the user decides to do something illegal, then it is they who are assuming the risk. All P2P by the way is not illegal despite the media’s grumblings, just the majority of it.
Edit:
The ISP also appears to be blocking the ALTO1040 Blog according to some comments that appear below the post. It is looking more and more like a true attempt at blocking P2P, and less like a technical glitch.