Reply #5: I totally agree

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But the *should* part is one issue, probably best resolved with a civil suit at some point. It's probably not outright illegal (as in 'criminal penalties') for an ISP to be arbitrary, capricious and unfair, but it may open civil liability on them if they violated their contract with you.

Getting information out there, and keeping lines of communication open is another.

I completely agree that what they are doing is *wrong*. I'm not sure it's *illegal*...However, now that I think about it, I wonder if RICO would be applicable, since Diebold is doing this in part to hide the flaws that would cut into their profits (and in part to help throw elections to the Republicans)?

I suggested Usenet as an alternative to not having any group communication at all.