[Judith Anne]

The internet cannot be controlled. Not possible.

Oh, sure, regulations could be written. But nobody will ever "control" it.

[.cnI redruM]

True. The UN wants to set protocols and possibly charge access fees similar to Sen. Sarbanes' fiasco of a fed wire tax. Sen. Sarbanes was made to take a semester of Reality 101. The UN was recently forced to audit the same course.

The concept of a 'Black Net' could become a reality, if Kofi Annan ever got his thieving hands on the World Wide Web.

[TomGuy]

Yeh. They've been trying to put that cat back in the bag ever since the Internet became public. They can't. The internet is bigger than any single government entity. Unless governments pull the plug on international connections, they will not control the Internet. [snicker]