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Porn On FIOS
BillLawrenceOnline.Com ^ | 11-26-10

Posted on 11/26/2010 2:21:45 PM PST by Tribune7

A few months ago we switched from Comcast to Verizon FIOS and finally got around to playing with the "video-on-demand" feature. There are categories for sports and health free movies and network TV shows, and an interesting one that says "adult" that, judging by the titles, consists of some of the raunchiest pornography available.

It appears one can make the feature disappear using parental controls but it is on by default.

There is no mention of the service in Verizon's advertising.

The cost per movie is $12.95 so one suspects a nice profit is being made.

Maybe Verizon is just taking its cue from Mitt Romney and Marriott.


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To: Tribune7
no evidence of him proposing a "right to bear bare porn",
41 posted on 11/26/2010 4:23:45 PM PST by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: Salvavida; All

So you think the Government should control the internet???


42 posted on 11/26/2010 4:31:29 PM PST by KevinDavis (I have no problem with a black president. But the one we have now is yellow to the core)
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To: KevinDavis

Is this guy upset because he is looking at what happy people do with another when he only gets to do that to make babies?


43 posted on 11/26/2010 4:33:38 PM PST by gman992
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To: KevinDavis

Is this guy pissed off that they are getting some and he isn’t? Trust me from his article, he needs to be doing some of that stuff...


44 posted on 11/26/2010 4:34:56 PM PST by gman992
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I think so.. I don’t like porn, but I don’t think the Government should be telling me what I should or shouldn’t watch.. To me Government is much worse than porn..


45 posted on 11/26/2010 4:38:53 PM PST by KevinDavis (I have no problem with a black president. But the one we have now is yellow to the core)
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To: Tribune7
Bringing an entirely new meaning to “This is FiOS. This is big.”
46 posted on 11/26/2010 4:40:37 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: Tribune7
It looks like Verizon is doing the same garbage Romney did at Marriott.

You paid $12.95 to watch a video of Romney at a Marriott Hotel? Huh?

47 posted on 11/26/2010 4:41:39 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: KevinDavis

That is a tremendous leap. It’s a similar tactic used by liberals in trying to reframe a debate of conservative principles using the extreme in order to gain the support of simpletons that choose to remain ignorant, or those that use this technique in order to win because evil feels good.

The only inference one could draw from my post, is it is in everyone’s interest to (1) do the research, then (once they have deduced it isn’t a 1st Amendment issue), (2) take appropriate action at the local level specifically on the PORN issue.


48 posted on 11/26/2010 4:44:14 PM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: KevinDavis

Why are you defending porn?


49 posted on 11/26/2010 4:46:48 PM PST by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Salvavida; KevinDavis

Kevin, I don’t think one poster, including me, has advocated government involvement in this.

Why do you think porn is a good thing?


50 posted on 11/26/2010 4:49:21 PM PST by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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Even with all that stuff available for free. Go figure.

Somebody's buying the it.

Even with the free stuff on the internet, the adult entertainment industry generates domestic revenues in excess of $10 billion each year.

If it wasn't profitable, it wouldn't be worth the headache for Verizon (or Marriott) to offer it.

51 posted on 11/26/2010 4:53:26 PM PST by Drew68
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No I’m defending freedom.. If a person wants to watch Porn on tv, or read Playboy, or view it on the internet so be it..


52 posted on 11/26/2010 4:58:19 PM PST by KevinDavis (I have no problem with a black president. But the one we have now is yellow to the core)
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No I’m defending freedom..

No, you're not. You are objecting to people objecting to a particular corporate policy.

53 posted on 11/26/2010 5:03:01 PM PST by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: Tribune7
You are objecting to people objecting to a particular corporate policy.

I object to all this objecting!

54 posted on 11/26/2010 5:09:16 PM PST by 6SJ7 (atlasShruggedInd = TRUE)
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To: DownInFlames

I agree. Unlike Logo, the gay movie channel which comes with some cable packages whether you want it or not.


55 posted on 11/26/2010 5:13:32 PM PST by sportutegrl
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To: maine-iac7

“I had my satellite shut off 2 years ago - it kept creeping up and got to n ave of $90 a month - new customers could get an introductory deal - but old customers can get hanged”
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Ya. Verizon FIOS has done the exact same to us. Occasionally, I call to cancel and they throw a bone like free HBO for 90
days or some other lame thing.

It will be a sweet day indeed when I can tell them buh bye for good. However my kid likes iCarly so for now I’m stuck.


56 posted on 11/26/2010 5:19:57 PM PST by NeverForgetBataan (To the German Commander: ..........................NUTS !)
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To: Tribune7

DSL - bundled with my local phone co


57 posted on 11/26/2010 6:28:39 PM PST by maine-iac7 (We Stand Together of We Fall Apart)
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To: NeverForgetBataan

yeah, mine - Direct TV - offered me 6 months of ‘standby’ on my account in case I changed my mind. they did for a year and I half until i finally convinced them to get lost.

Now I get their monthly offers at really low rates - and we know how that works.

no thanks


58 posted on 11/26/2010 6:31:36 PM PST by maine-iac7 (We Stand Together of We Fall Apart)
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To: Tribune7

Something must be big. Really big. lol


59 posted on 11/26/2010 6:41:49 PM PST by Temple Owl (Excelsior! Onward and upward.)
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Sounds like pretty much the same thing as Comcast on-demand - “adult” movies ordered as pay-per-view, parental controls to block whatever you want, and regular on-demand movies scrubbed of all nudity and other likely objectionable material....


60 posted on 11/26/2010 9:21:04 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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