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Daily Online Examiner: Cox Quietly Cuts Off Alleged File-Sharers

Submitted by Prescott on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 5:00pm.

It's now come to light that at least one major U.S. ISP, Cox Communications, has been quietly cutting off some alleged file-sharers for a while. Cox has only done so very rarely -- less than one-tenth of 1% of users have been disconnected, according to a Cox spokesman. Still, it's troubling that Cox has taken it upon itself not only to police the Web, but also play judge and jury and disconnect users who may not have done anything wrong.

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About Prescott


Prescott Shibles has served as Vice President of New Media for Penton Media, Prism Business Media and Primedia Business. Prescott's expertise covers search engine optimization, email marketing, online content strategy, writing for the web, online advertising sales, and vertical search.

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