Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request
by medecau on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @06:58PM
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Would BT be the UK's version of Comcast?
Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request
by Aeoxic on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:20PM
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More or less, except Britain is currently experiencing the aftershock of David "Think of the Children" Cameron and his band of privacy-hating merrymen. While Verizon was caught out recently tracking users and Comcast maybe does the same, at least they don't forcibly restrict you from using HTTPS.
Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request
by corford on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:49PM
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Yes although our government has forced them to open up the last mile to competition. So unlike with Comcast/AT&T, at least here you can switch to a more palatable ISP fairly easily & quickly. You're still somewhat at the mercy of BT's engineers though if you have a fault on your line.
Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request
by kalleboo on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @07:46PM
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I'd say a better analogy would be AT&T since it's the former monopoly
Re:Google disables SSL search at BT’s request
by bruceboughton on Thursday November 20, 2014 @04:23AM
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I'm not sure they do have a reputation for providing a bad service.
BT Infinity blows the competition out of the water, has no bandwidth limits at the £26/mo option and is very reliable.
these days they're into just about everything: landlines, tv, internet, mobiles, you name it.
they tend to have a notorious reputation for providing a bad service, with their internet service being the prime example... god help you if something goes wrong with your phoneline.