[fluffy0000]

Firing one of the first shots in the net neutrality war, AT&T has blocked 4chan’s /b/ image board. AT&T subscribers are unable to connect to /b/ and /r9k/ (both of which are hosted on img.4chan.org). However, subscribers can get on any of the so-called «worksafe» boards that 4chan.org offers.

Pls. note those customers affected - turns out 15.5% of all US internet users use AT&T DSL. note bundled service provider includes telephone/cable/internet service- former AT&T customer (me)

MIT and AT&T / Bell Labs and GE developed unix and this recent salvo has nothing to do with western versus eastern anything. AT&T is not just a ISP company and competition has nothing to do with your ISP or any ISP it's about reducing your choices.
below for your enjoyment as posted LA Metblogs


What traceroute looks like to 4chan on AT&T


flouride:$ traceroute img.4chan.org
traceroute: Warning: img.4chan.org has multiple addresses; using 207.126.64.181
traceroute to img.4chan.org (207.126.64.181), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 1.094 ms 0.540 ms 0.646 ms
2 ##-##-##-
#.lightspeed.rcsntx.sbcglobal.
net (##.##.##.#) 22.565 ms 22.093 ms 22.719 ms
3 70.143.229.18 (70.143.229.18) 27.973 ms 23.127 ms 24.098 ms
4 * * *
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