Cox Interactive Blocks Craigslist, Cox Owns a Competing Classifieds Service...

[mandy]

...one reason why the Net Neutrality debate is important: to prevent broadband providers from locking out access to competing web sites.

In case anyone may be wondering what a world without network neutrality may look like, it could resemble the "Server Not Found" pages seen by Cox Interactive customers trying to access the Craigslist classifieds site.

When the network providers, the telecoms and the cable companies, haven't been chanting their dedication to an open Internet, they have been funding lobbyists to encourage Congressmen to ignore the calls for net neutrality.

Silicon Valley Watcher's Tom Foremski blogged about one example of a network blocking a site in a market where it has a vested interest. Craigslist has been blocked by Cox (motto: "Your Friend in the Digital Age") since February...

full article: http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnew...ctive.html

[Anita]

Cox must have unBlocked Craigslist 'cuz I have no problems getting to it... ever.