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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:15 AM Original message |
T-Mobile Claims Right to Censor Text Messages |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. They did this during the 2004 RNC Convention in NY |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Do you happen to have a link for that by any chance? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Happened to me |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Did you somehow confirm that they tried to send you those messages? Or... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes at the time |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Interesting, thank you. YOU are "the link" (and there may be others) nt |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Here's an Oct 2009 NYT link on protester use of texting and police response (references 2004 RNC) |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. and that made the news too.... |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Whelp |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Self regulation by the market is a right wing myth |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Its not "self regulation" |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yet all carriers will reserve overbroad "rights" by contract in order to "protect themselves" |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. IT is precisely what is meant with the term "self regulating" in reference to unregulated markets. |
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Blandocyte (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Phil Valentine, is that you? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Yes, just like people won't shop at Wal-Mart because their goods are made in 3rd world ............. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. We OWN the spectrum... we can always take it back! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. This is probably more complicated than just outright censorship |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Not really - as private entities technically no one has 1st Am. rights (contracts are "private law") |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'm not glossing over that at all, it is not relevant |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Because one has to send a code to get text, WHAT are they "protecting" themselves from? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. EZ texting is the company T-Mobile is providing service to.. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. EZ Texting was EXISTING client, going along fine, review demanded only upon new Med marijuana client |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I don't have enough details to know the traffic patterns and true contract violations |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. That's bullshit |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. My thought also. |
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Land Shark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. by definition, "short codes" require a number or text to be sent for a user to receive a text |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. ttyl tmobl & fk u BTW |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. k & r |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. They'd think twice and more if people didn't buy or rent the darned things. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. We need to focus on the wireless end |
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lib_wit_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
30. We should all try switching to Credo Mobile. If you don't know about them, check out this info: |
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