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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20.06.13 13:59,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:iliya.bazlyankov@uninet.bg">iliya.bazlyankov@uninet.bg</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>I am aware of 2 ISPs based in Sofia that do this, and the
rest choose the domain blocking method via DNS. </div>
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<div>@Daniel - I am not aware about the smaller ISPs in Varna
for example, but all the biggest that have most customer
base (more than 50% of users) have blocked access to the
mentioned websites - Vivacom, Globul, Mtel (Megalan+Spectrum
Net), Net1, Powernet , etc.</div>
<div>If the smaller ones have not blocked the access,
unfortunately they are subject to some very weird fines.</div>
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The fines are in the range 5000-15000 EUR. <br>
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I am more concerned by the method this filtering is requested: a
list of web sites appears on some "Commission of Gambling" (or
whatever their translation is in English) and all ISPs in Bulgaria
(which are in the hundreds) must implement this filtering within 24
hour, or they are declared criminals.<br>
Any web site could appear in that list.... for no reasons, because
there is no requirement for this to be documented.<br>
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It absolutely does not matter how "big" the ISPs. The ISP I am
dealing with definitely does not focus on having large market share,
but instead on covering the widest possible user base (the whole of
Bulgaria) and other values. There are certainly others like that.<br>
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Now imagine there are 10,000 hardcode gamblers in Bulgaria and most
of them are spread with those small ISPs. Some small ISPs might even
specialize in this business, because gambler's requirements to
Internet connectivity are very specific. <br>
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Do you know of any ISP that has received this order in writing, as
official document? <br>
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Daniel<br>
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