scott wrote:
> Oh that's different here, the government-enforced monopoly that owns the 
> wire for the phone is forced to let any other company use it.

So that's what the law is trying to overturn, you see. The law would 
basically be saying that the ISP would be able to filter packets from any 
other ISP.

> happened quite recently (I think 5-10 years ago in the UK), but now 
> there are plenty of ISPs to choose from with a wide range of prices.  

And that's *because* of the presence of the law that they're trying to 
overturn, you see, that says they have to carry those packets.

> Anyway, if you want to start up an ISP, I don't see any reason why you 
> can't, there are enough of them around (in UK and Germany at least).

OK. It used to be more monopolistic a while back. Still is, for some kinds 
of connectivity in the USA.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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