With net neutrality a hot-button topic in Washington these days, you'd think ISPs would take every effort to avoid even the appearance of tinkering with the flow of information through their pipes. Well, I can't say I'm completely shocked that at least one company, Cox Communications, has done the unthinkable, for whatever reason. Silicon Valley Watcher has a post detailing Craiglist.org's problems with Cox Communications.

According to the post, Cox is limiting access to Craigslist, and has been since February. The cable company blames the security software it's using from a company called Authentium. Of course, Cox has its own classified service, so the "security problem," is raising a log of eyebrows in the blogosphere.

As Cynthia Brumfield from IP Democracy said, lobbyists would be remiss if they didn't seize upon this opportunity to spread fear and nudge politicians in Washington. You'd hope that this Cox fiasco was nothing more insidious than a security snafu, but even if that's the case, how could they not rectify it before it made its way to the public consciousness, especially in the heated net-neutrality environment today. For more thoughts on net neutrality check the TechEffect archives. — Brian Ward

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