This sounds similar to that thread you started yesterday about sites blocking some surfers from specific ISPs.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1497819/posts?page=10#10
Those who lust for power have found out they can control the internet through the 'hardware'.
Saves them the trouble of trying to get new laws passed.
Kinda like the foreign hackers overloading a hub to get DNOS (denial of service). They disabled communications between the White House and the CCC (command and control center for the armed forces).
Of course, that won't happen again. But the idea is the same.