This thread is actually in response to a thought stream aroused from this thread here: http://antionline.com/showthread.php?t=278155

I wanted to post something about it but thought a new thread was appropriate first ..

How do ISPs gain control of net access? I mean .. I'm sorry to some that this may sound naive to but Im not sure how ISPs, as private entities, earn control over public domain that we can't attain as individuals. Are they granted control by governments? Surely not anybody with a server can start an ISP.

I believe that, like democracy, the internet should not be centralized and representative but free, direct and controlled at the fringes. Im familiar how the flow of info works I just can't concieve where the control comes from.