N9OGL wrote:
No beacause some Licensed ASSHOLE CB OPERATORS had me kicked off all
teh service providers in this town and had threaten if I go to another
one that they complain to them too...

Only if you use the ISP to disseminate your virtual child porn.
Otherwise, do what you want on the 'net. And don't trot out your
standard argument about "the Supreme Court says it's legal." Slavery
was once legal, too; did that make it right? Obviously the ISPs agreed
because they TOSsed your ass.


HAM RADIO SUPPRESSORS OF FREE SPEECH ON AND OFF THE RADIO!!!
AND USES A FEDERAL FUND AGENCY (FCC) TO SUPPRESS THAT SPEECH!!!

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes made the classic comment on free speech
when he said that the right of free speech does not give you the right
to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater when there is no fire.

Nobody is suppressing your free speech except you. An ISP is a private
company and is free to contract for service as they see fit as long as
they don't violate the law. Your ISPs had TOS provisions against porn
and they interpreted what you were doing as a violation of their TOS.
The ISP is not the government and the Internet is not owned by the
government (yet; they're working on it, though).

At the risk of creating a monster, here's an idea: why don't you set up
your own ISP? Then you can have any terms of service you like. It's
easy to do and really doesn't cost that much in startup capital. You
might even be able to get in on the ground floor of BPL in your area.

I can see it now: Toddlink, dialup for $9.95/mo, broadband for
$29.95/mo.

Who knows? You might even make enough money to be able to afford to
replace Omega One's "coax with big freaking holes in it."