FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction

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READ THIS!!!!

Some of you people are really uneducated about this.

1) The free internet access they are providing is going to filter out stuff by the domain name.

Example: Little Tim is doing a project for school and he decides to go to whitehouse.com since he is trying to find information about the whitehouse. He does not know that whitehouse.com is a porn website.

It used to be a porn site but now it is not, I just wanted to make an example of how the filtering is suppose to work.

It is impossible to filter out porn from the entire internet stuff will always leak through. Anyone who is smart can find a way around the filter. Easiest way is to use a proxy.

Also the government already censors the internet. It Censors Child Porn! Are you saying that we should tell the government to get loss and let people download Child Porn?

2) I do not know why some people are complaining. This is FREE HIGH SPEED INTERNET for FREE! Stop complaining! If you want unlimited access to porn then pay $20-$60 a month for satetlite, dsl, or cable. No one is forcing you to use the method to access the internet. There are lots of other options currently available.

Q: If it's a free service, how will M2Z make money?

A: M2Z will offer the free, wireless (over-the-air), family-friendly (filtered), service at speeds of 512 kbps (384 kbps for downloads and 128 kbps for uploads). This is competitive with low-end DSL and about 6 times faster than conventional dial-up.
Advertising revenue will support the free service, using local geo-tagging for highly relevant non-intrusive search results (i.e. searching "pizza" will give you the local pizza place down the street and not a Pizza Hut in another city or state)
M2Z also earns money for a premium (unfiltered) service at speeds of 3 mbps (3,000 kbps). This offering will be competitive with cable modem services and will be provided through wholesale partners.

Q: Is the family-friendly indecency filter bad for free speech?

A: Not at all. M2Z is offering a free, family-friendly, always-on service. The free service allows for anonymous registration and since there is no way to know the age of a specific user, M2Z cannot differentiate between a 10 year old child and a 45 year old adult. This is similar to broadcast TV where basic channels are free and subject to content restrictions but users can pay for premium channels that have no content restrictions.

Q: How does the family-friendly indecency filter work? Who can turn off the filter?

A: M2Z's filter will operate at the network level and block sites based on their domain names -- similar to what many schools and public libraries provide to protect children. It is a superior solution to software based systems that require parents to act as IT administrators and are also easy to manipulate and circumvent. People who subscribe to the premium service will establish their age and identity and therefore, can turn off the filter if they wish.

More info: http://www.m2znetworks.com/

Posted by: TechDude151   Posted on: 08/14/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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