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[Gandalf Parker]

Imperator Fyron said:

So you are, in fact, using an ISP for what an ISP is used for (other than possibly its DNS servers)... It is rather misleading to tell people that you do not use an ISP when you do. I was thinking you set up your own pipe connecting to the nearest backbone somehow and were actually functioning as your own ISP...

Nope. I worked for ISPs when they were all seperate from connectivity services (dial-up modems). Even PacBell draws that distinction since they gave up on doing services. They are now only a connectivity service, and use Yahoo for ISP services. Just like giving you a phone line doesnt connect them to any services you access by dialing. Once you get connectivity, you can use anyone you want for an ISP (or no one at all).

The way you paint it doesnt really work. Everyone connects to the net thru someone. Not much difference connecting thru PacBell or a backbone. I could charge people and let them connect to the net thru me which would make me the same technically as netcom or aol. I have all the equipment for it. But I know better than to do it as a business.