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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by Mononokay on Sunday April 01, 2018 @01:55AM (#16726966)
> Non-homeless people will swamp a free network with video streaming.

Block YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram and Reddit's video service, plus Facebook.

Magically, 90% of the issues there resolve themselves very quickly.

> Bandwidth limiting would need implemented, which make make the network useless for VoIP or streaming.

Not necessarily. You could implement a fast-lane that only allowed access to a few sites, like Google Voice, to allow VoIP for those who really needed it.

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The biggest concern with this would be the privacy implications it could have. Especially considering that the homeless are less likely to be in-the-know with infosec, it seems like an incredibly quick way to have a lot of personal information stolen quite quickly.

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Re:Internet access is quietly changing Seattle’s tent cities by icebraining on Sunday April 01, 2018 @02:32AM (#16727058)
YouTube is a vital source of information on so many things; outright blocking it seems cruel. I think it'd be preferable to find some way of having per-person accounts with limits.
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