] So, between spam, anti-spam blacklists, rogue packets,
] never-forgetting search engines, viruses, old machines,
] bad regulatory bodies, and bad implementations, I fear
] that the open Internet is going to die sooner than I
] would have expected. In its place I expect to see a more
] fragmented network - one in which only "approved"
] end-to-end communications will be permitted.

I agree that this seems to be happening now but I don't think it is by any means a foregone conclusion. Rather than throwing up our hands and giving up, we should try to squelch the sources of this noise traffic.

The end of the open internet...