First "they" have to find the ISP. It can be hidden in any online computer, which may be in a secure site with many thousands of other computers.
Gil panamabob wrote: > Oh yes they can.... just a matter of charging a license fee to ISP either > as a flat customer charge or a timed access. > > No, it wouldnt affect other countries useage but you have to sign on > somewhere, thats where they get you. > > It will be intersting if satellite ISP come to pass which can be foreign > based; what will governments do then? > > bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gil Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:48 PM > Subject: Re: email charge > > > This is yet another internet myth. > > How could anyone place a charge on the internet? > > It was set up by universities to exchange information, then the US > military saw > > the potential for an unstoppable information exchange system, one that > could not > > be knocked out by the likes of September Eleven. (Although a section of NY > did > > go down, but not even the State, let alone the country.) > > > > Relax, your country may be able to go and beat a small, poor, starving > and > > totally devastated country like Afghanistan into submission, but it could > not > > put a charge on the internet. > > > > Gil > > > > > >
