Centurylink allegedly blocking Livefyre [telecom]

by Julio Ojeda-Zapata

Some Internet users in recent days were unable to access commenting on certain sites, including the Star Tribune site, for reasons that are a bit complicated and confusing.

Here's how this all played out:

1) The Internet users who were experiencing these difficulties are, apparently, all CenturyLink Internet subscribers.

2) They were experiencing these difficulties because CenturyLink was [allegedly] blocking Livefyre, the company providing the commenting system to the Star Tribune and other sites.

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