The next step will be "you must pay a hefty price for every packet transitting our pipes", directing transitting (packets only going through specified routes) and strong-arm tactics on the smaller players to sign up with one specific network. Then you'll see regulation akin to what telcos have, with the concommitant expense.

Who remembers TELENET? Formerly owned by GTE, then SPRINT. Where do you think senior corporate management comes from? -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation