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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (18051)	12/19/1999 1:30:00 AM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (2) of 29970

Their backbone, for example, is not a universally shared resource as other SPs' backbones are.. a more or less (in the absence of a rule book) required quality for entitling one to be called an ISP. I think this may be at the heart of it. This is a fact I did not know, because quite honestly I (and likely most people) do not fully understand the economics behind the net. an "ISP" universally shares their backbone? Do they charge for the access? Could you explain this basic concept? It might go a long way into understanding your perspective. My "ISP" (and most of the 3000+ ISP's) leases backbone from someone else (in my case UUNet=WCOM). My "ISP" is nothing more than a small handfull of people (one was quite literally two people) with a billing system, a bank of V.90 modems, some servers, and a connection to the backbone. From my limited view of "ISP's" I can't see their purpose in a broadband world. I don't know what everyone is trying so hard to protect. Enlighten me- ok? Talk down to me so I can get it. What the heck does an ISP do? Eric

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