Italian Internet followup

Fortunately, our hotel in Venice has internet included (most of the places we've stayed have not) so it's given me a chance to waste some time looking into why we've had such poor coverage.

So with a little research it appears Italy passed a law in 2005 requiring anyone providing internet access to collect an identity document from the user. So every hotel, every internet cafe, every place that provides access to customers must collect this information? Why? To increase security and prevent terrorism. Awesome.

Some other enlightened Italian views towards the web are chronicled here: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090504/0148494730.shtml