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Originally Posted by Ratastic
BT have said that if someone sets their browser e.t.c. to block webwise during the trial, then they won't be able to access the internet for the duration of the trial.
If thats the case then, it's irrelevant whether you opt in or out, your data will still be redirected to webwise servers, and will be dependant on the functioning of those servers.
So if Phorm's equipment fails, it could in theory leave hundreds of thousands of people without the ability to surf the web regardless of whether or not they opted in or out.
This means that if someone can't access the web, they won't know whether the liability rests with BT or with Phorm.
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I think it is fairer to say that BT have been fairly vague about that particular issue but it is definitely one way of interpreting the grammatically confusing answer they gave. If I ever hear that the trials have started I will certainly be blocking via HOSTS all the relevant oix, phorm and webwise domains I have listed, and also blocking the cookies (to model a cookie free situation) to see what happens to my browsing. If that breaks my browsing then I think it will probably break BT also.
But they have been quite good at grammatically confusing written answers, and even in broadcasts, their spokespeople seem to manage oral stumbles that likewise leave you not QUITE sure what they meant - with the same hesitations/fluffed words at exactly the same point of the same answer on different news bulletins during different interviews.