President Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that would facilitate the collection of data regarding broadband access in the United States, though most of the actions required by the law have already been accomplished by federal regulators.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10063734-38.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

"to increase public awareness and provide education regarding strategies to promote the safe use of the Internet by children."

Every time I hear things like this come up, I think of Doug Stanhope's Myspace pedophiles comedy act.

Warning Doug is a sick sick man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8APlx9btTn8

I agree with Doug, there are no more pedophiles now than there has ever been and its best to keep them on the internet and out of playgrounds.

I think 1.5Mbps is still too low. What the typical upstream on a 1.5Mbps DSL connection? Also, with as many people getting rid of their land lines as there are - why doesnt someone come out with a type of DSL that uses the entire spectrum (or whatever) availible for data since the person won't be using it for analog phone calls anymore. And then, they could offer VOIP over the new fully digital line just like Comcast does on their broadband connections. Of course it would require another upgrade of the telcos systems, but my experiance of DSL has always been bad.. I hate comcast, but you do get decent speed.. Course, I do live in a test market (The Twin Cities). I wouldn't mind trying out Verizon's FiOS. anyway.. I'm rambling.