[iptrans]

Oh, sweet summer child, do you think you can escape the NSA? :)

More seriously, private ISPs in a (local) government owned open access network does not mean the (local) government controls and observes everything.

If you are afraid of the local government, run for office.

[ROTMetro]

I did 5 years in federal prison and was a jailhouse lawyer, I know reality. Doesn't mean I need to volunteer to expand that. But you just give up and give in, that's your right.

Personally I relate to the American route of the last 200 years and believe in limited government power (you know, the same government power that abused it's authority when it gave out monopiles on communication infrastructure. I don't see how it's abusing power should result in...giving it more power?????). I posted above about how my house is denied US mail delivery because when my mother was dying of cancer she couldn't get to the mailbox in a timely manner and she dared appeal. Petty tyrants gonna tyrant and there are limited battles one person can fight.