Re: Fw: Administrivia: ORBS

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () cybernothing org>]

On 01/19/00, "Greg A. Woods" <woods () most weird com> wrote: 

> That's funny.  The kind of service you're arguing against is exactly
> what I expect of my telephone, my cell phone, my pager, etc.  Why is an
> Internet carrier supposed to be any different.  Get with the real world
> Paul and quit fussing about completely meaningless nonsense.

        Speaking of the "real world," ISP's are not considered to be 
        common carriers by US law or any other country that I'm aware 
        of.  If we were, of course, the whole issue would be VERY 
        different, and things like MAPS probably could not exist.

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