Monitoring our communications pr-dates what has come to the attention of the general public. For years now our government has filtered and monitored phone calls,fax's and later cell and internet transmissions.

Part of the contract to buy, lease or own spectrum in the country involves language that requires the buyer to "throttle down" speeds and make it available for the Feds to monitor transmissions. This has been done so that the government can monitor the communications. In more recent years companies tried to cash in on throttling and have people pay more for faster service, which would have worked in the Feds favor so did not see much opposition until the general public got involved.

Ever travel to other countries and wondered why their internet is so much faster? No throttling.

I was in satellite communications in the military and was astounded by some of the things I learned. I am sure it has gotten a lot more invasive and egregious since I got out.

Fishy