Finally, maybe wireless providers will be forced to allow VOIP apps on their data network. Why is it that if Comcast decided to block Skype, people would be up in arms, but a cell phone provider blocking the same service is considered legitimate? People need to wake up to the fact that cell phone networks are no longer just phone services. It's not a matter of allowing competitors to use their network. It's about letting the consumer use their DATA network which they pay just as much for as the phone network as they please. If I have a certain amount of data allocated to me, I should be allowed to USE that data, as far as their network and costs are concerned, what I use it for doesn't make the slightest difference.

What doesn't seem to be passing most people's minds is the fact that this is a criminal investigation, not a civil one. As such, its target will be individuals, not the newspaper itself. If the newspaper is anything normal in this day and age, they lawyered up at first notice, and certainly didn't reveal the individuals within the newspaper who were responsible for the illegal access. As for server logs, they don't prove much. How, for instance, will the logs at the server level produce any compelling evidence as to who was physically using the workstations involved? As a criminal investigation with major possible jailtime involved, they can't arrest the entire newspaper, and have to go after individual users. And heck, even if they did have what they believed was sufficient evidence, federal prosecutors tend to want to have all the evidence they can get in case a defense attorney punches a hole through the legitimacy of a given piece of evidence. It's unfortunate that such events would effect the entire newspaper for actions of a few, but if the newspaper had knowledge, they're getting what they sowed...