The company to watch with concern is AOL/ATT, not M$. They are connecting us with co-axial cable and a (digital) TV-top PC. "Big brother" is here, and most every politician in America will be on the take to advance this cable monopoly. There are still many open "channels" available on CATV. Some channels are already dedicated to community (ie; political) news. If ATT is so worried about their internet channel that they will censor access, another channel should be made available to the "open computing" community. It would cost AOL/ATT nothing, except for a little electricity and maybe some customers. (It might actually gain them customers overall.) By allowing the option of an open access cable ISP, with whatever risks, the public gains freedom on public infrastructure. AOL and ATT can still offer their slop on their "protected" networks.