On 21-4-2009 11:46, scott wrote:
>>> You are talking like there is some basic human right that you should 
>>> have access to every single website in existance?  Why on Earth 
>>> should that be the case?
>>
>> 1) because that is how the internet started and has been run for 
>> almost it's entire existence. "I'll pass on you packages because I 
>> know someone else will pass on mine if and only if everybody does that".
> 
> Sure, but that doesn't mean it's illegal not to.

I didn't mean to imply that. Merely that it was fundamental to the 
internet and that tampering with it may result in unwanted effects. 
Until now you can add a link between two existing networks and the 
internet will adept to that. What happens if you add a connection to 
your neighbour that has another ISP? Will that be illegal because you 
now have access to sites your ISP does not want you to see?

> 
>> We don't sell is valid, but I think Warp was more thinking along the 
>> lines of not selling and making sure nobody else can sell it.
> 
> But they are not doing that.  If the directive is passed through, there 
> is nothing to stop an ISP deciding to "sell" or pass-on every single 
> website - it's the individual ISP's choice.

That assumes a model where every ISP has access to all information and 
is free to make there own policy. Imagine a layered structure. Imagine 
that someone owns the point where the internet connects to the country. 
Imagine big companies buying shares in ISP companies.

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