Craigslist Blocked By Cox Interactive

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 Craigslist has been blocked by suggested in Broadband Reports, which cited a routing issue with BellSouth that left customers unable to reach YouTube or MySpace briefly. The problem with this explanation, and the length of time Authentium has taken in not resolving the issue, should prompt our readers who work with access-lists on routers and firewalls to regard the screw-up theory with skepticism. As Foremski noted with some disbelief, over three months is a long time to "delete some text from their blacklist." We'll go a step further and say three minutes is plenty of time to update a single entry in an access list. Whatever the explanation, it's going to be difficult for anyone at Cox or Authentium to explain the issue now, and be met with head-nodding acceptance. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.