William Allen Simpson says, of the Verizon decision:
 wrote:

>All this to learn the identity of a computer at a particular IP address.
>Presumbly, Verizon will now be smart enough to say: "All of our IP
>addresses are assigned using DHCP, and we have no record of the name
>of any subscriber associated with an IP address."

Declan adds:

>I was thinking along the same lines. This seems to be a market 
opportunity 
>for an Internet provider that keeps no IP address<->identity records for 
>more than a few minutes or hours.

That would be a wise move. That would continue for about three weeks, and 
then we'd see a bill out of Congress demanding that ISPs retain identity 
for, oh, maybe seven years?

Will Rodger
Director Public Policy
CCIA
www.ccianet.org


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