> On Sep 13, 2021, at 07:56 , Livingood, Jason via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
> wrote:
>
> On 9/10/21, 10:58, "NANOG on behalf of Chris Boyd"
> <nanog-bounces+jason_livingood=cable.comcast....@nanog.org on behalf of
> cb...@gizmopartners.com> wrote:
>
>> Why is Comcast blocking things? That seems like it’s out of scope for an ISP.
>
> For Internet access, sure. But ISPs also have value added protection services
> and this part of an optional content filtering service that is integrated
> into the leased Comcast gateways. Users can turn on things like parental
> controls, including time limit and time-of-day boundaries for certain devices
> (e.g. cut off kid's game console Internet access at midnight on school
> nights). See
> https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/using-xfinity-xfi-advanced-security
>
> Jason
>
>
Yes, but it’s tragically opt-out instead of opt-in as it should be. That means
that anyone whose site happens to get miscategorized by them gets the added
costs of dealing with the user complaints instead of Comcast having to bear the
costs of their error.
It’s a classic example of the toxic polluter business model. Do something
stupid while making sure that the costs of your errors fall on someone else.
Owen
