muckrights-sans-merde
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### bt-should-sponsor-muckrights
other pages:
=> list-of-things-wrong-with-muckrights.html list-of-things-wrong-with-muckrights
*originally posted:* apr 2021
bt has sucked for many, many years: http://techrights.org/2008/06/10/irc-log-09062008/
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schestowitz I see you're posting via BT. Jun 09 18:17
Sam1338 What’s wrong with BT? Jun 09 18:17
schestowitz Nothing wrong with BT. Jun 09 18:17
Sam1338 Why mention BT then? Jun 09 18:17
zoobab BT is implementing DPI Jun 09 18:17
schestowitz I mentioned BT because you said PC world and I tried
to figure out what patents laws apply where you live. Jun 09 18:18
Sam1338 BT Should be boycotted. Jun 09 18:21
Sam1338 They limit my legal Bittorrent download speeds to
<20kbps during the day. Jun 09 18:22
schestowitz Huh?! They throttle by protocol? Isn't that illegal? Jun 09 18:22
Sam1338 http://www.azureuswiki.com/in… judging by this, BT
is the worst ISP EVER Jun 09 18:23
Sam1338 "throttles non-HTTP traffic" Jun 09 18:23
Sam1338 limits bandwidth during certain times of the day: yes Jun 09 18:23
Sam1338 limits BitTorrent bandwidth: yes Jun 09 18:23
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but you cant beat the best provider in manchester. or you can you?
http://techrights.org/2021/04/18/firmware-ruins-whole-day/
> TODAY was the least productive day of the year and once again it is BT’s fault. They already compensated us for those previous incidents (January-February this year), but a net total of at least 6 hours was spent today trying to restore the state/health of our LAN. Instead, we found some workarounds.
while im sceptical that the hub described there actually updates its firmware on every boot (thats what it seems to imply at least-- perhaps he is referring to provisioning?) i dont doubt that the bt service is awful, and as noted this isnt the first time this year the muckrights owner has complained about them.
in many places in the united states, customers are limited to one service based on dsl or fibre, vs one service based on cable. those are at least the practical options many customers are limited to (in rural areas, satellite is an option).
since we are talking about manchester though, several options exist:
=> https://fairinternetreport.com/United-Kingdom/Manchester
perhaps these will be explored eventually. however, muckrights has long existed to complain primarily without trying to fix things.
where only so much can be done, i think thats reasonable. if for some reason its really impossible to switch to another service, so be it.
most people do not have the power to change every little thing for the better. i certainly cant. setbacks are a real thing, and there are many loaded into our software and development processes that we should be trying to get away from.
its just that this is a pattern that stretches to so many things that muckrights talks about, it becomes clear that muckrights prefers to stay mired for more than a decade in something that can be blogged about, rather than try to do anything (make a simple but meaningful change) about it.
when it comes to bt, it almost gives people the impression that no other "real" options than bt exist. its a shame that theyve been rewarded for such terrible service with all these years of repeat custom.
the same goes for debian, which muckrights has complained about year after year, but it begins to ring hollow when even the site owner discourages people from finding alternatives.
real progress matters more than just image, of course. thats only fair. so where is the "real" progress that muckrights represents, then? is it really only hype?
muckrights:
standing for progress.
fighting for change.
but typically staying the same.
=> https://muckrights-sans-merde.neocities.org