Comments on: Verizon to Hollywood: ‘We Won’t Help You Fight Piracy’

By: SDLynx

SDLynx — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:51:14 +0000

verizon for the f*ckin win!!!!!!!

By: barrakuda

barrakuda — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Three cheers for verizon

By: TotalWimp

TotalWimp — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Well good for them!

By: TronixA

TronixA — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Way to go Tauke! Thanks for supporting your customers instead of treating them all like criminals!

By: Spurge

Spurge — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

All ISP’s should take on this approach. Still the best place to find mp3’s is 1089060195 .

By: open_universe

open_universe — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

He’s not doing it for US mind you. I mean granted having the ISPs be traffic cops is akin to allowing the U.S. Postal Service check your mail for love letters from your mistress to inform your wife. All it would take is a single invasion of privacy lawsuit going against to open the floodgates and destroy the ISPs.

What tactic will the RIAA/MPAA take now that (at least one) ISP has grown itself a scrotum?

By: meyou123

meyou123 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Well in about a year the US will have a new president….one I HOPE enforces privacy laws.

Big business needing to be controlled is already a common theme among the presidential campaigns. I guess we will see how much control of big business having their way is stopped after the elections.

By: enter8

enter8 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

If memory serves me correctly last year Verizon actually had ads on a big tracker. They’ve invested millions of dollars in fiber optic infrastructure and now require a customer base that’s going to want to pay the extra money for the increased bandwith. It’s no secret that they’ve overextended themselves. They have no choice but to reach out to the filesharing community and in turn shun the IAAs. No one is going to fork out $75 a month for 20/20 service to read email and surf the web. Filesharers are the return on Verizon’s gamble I mean investment.

Expanding fiber optic infrastructure is essential to the future of this nation’s communications. In a somewhat roundabout way we’re funding this grand task.

Let’s face it. We kick ass.

By: El Comandante

El Comandante — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Oh… they will roll over… it’s just a matter of time.

By: Sephiroth

Sephiroth — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Verizon FIOS is cheaper than cable and costs about the same as Verizon DSL did a couple years ago. The 20/20 is a upgraded plan from what most people get. And most people get a package which can include phone and tv.

I think Verizon is doing good with the FIOS adoption because they have better service and more competitive rates compared to their competitors.