General Discussion

There are many disputable points in your snide condescending little post. The point is much bigger than opening up previously unused capabilities to provide better service.

Perhaps the ISP who reassures you has a lot of integrity, and is giving you an honest assessment. But taking that on blind faith is like going to your car dealer and taking his word at face value that the brand of car he sells is a reliable brand.

But why bother trying to explain what is truly dangerous about this? You appear to be a condescending "don't worry, be happy" kind of person. The kind who doesn't want to shut the barn door until after the horse is well out of it. And who insults those people who warned "Maybe we should close the barn door before the horse gets out."

The same shortsighted myopic attitude that back in the 90's said "Why are you spreading alarmist crap about Deregulation of the Broadcast Media? It's just allowing the broadcasters to utilize technological change to create a more competitive environment." ..... Now, 15 years later. a tiny handful of Media Monopolies have swallowed up almost every radio and TV station in the country and have almost no responsibility to serve the public interest.

You are expressing the same stubborn refusal to acknowledge reality as those who said in the 90's: "Don't worry about deregulation of the financial sector. Those nice banks and Wall St. investment houses just want a little more freedom from outdated regulations to adapt to modern economic realities. Trust them. They promise they'll behave themselves. And the Markets will ensure that banking remains competitive and no bank will get too big or powerful."

We all know how that one worked out.