[LINK] When private cops get out of hand...

[Michael Still]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 10:20 AM 15/04/2007, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
>> So now we have a private company deciding that it should be empowered
>> to decide who has the right to a telephone line.
> 
> I heard this on the ABC this morning and about fell out of bed! How DARE
> they? I don't buy my phone service from my ISP, BTW. And many who buy
> dialup services don't. This is utter crap.

What would you do if your ISP canceled your account because someone else
said to? Oh, that's right -- you'd threaten to sue them, and then find
an ISP that cared about its customers.

Isn't this a good thing? Customers end up moving to ISPs which don't
suck, and the sucky ISPs get hammered in the process.

Mikal