Re: [silk] John Gilmore (of the EFF) on theregister.co.uk - sad, really

[Suresh Ramasubramanian <silk@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Udhay Shankar N got onto a soapbox and declaimed:

> Eh ? Why do you say that ? I would think the balance is definitely in 
> favour of an ISP being a common carrier.
 
According to a friend ...

ISPs are considered "Enhanced Service Providers".  Search for that term
and "common carriers", and you'll hit plenty of reading material.  Just a
few links to get you started:

http://www.cais.net/cannon/memos/espart.htm
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ciii.htm
    Be sure to check out "Draft: Where ISPs and Telephone Companies
Compete..."
http://www.boardwatch.com/bw/dec/Legal_Developments.htm
http://www.intel.at/isp/insight/compete.htm
http://www.cmcnyls.edu/public/MLP/CTPRWISP.HTM
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/cable.htm#info

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