Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Common carrier Usenet? Message-ID: Date: 26 Nov 90 23:42:30 GMT References: <6657@sugar.hackercorp.com> <43541@sequent.UUCP> <1343:Oct801:36:3590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <13119@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 28 mkapor@eff.org (Mitch Kapor) writes: >While it is true that you have to provide service to everyone, not all >common carrier have their rates of return set by the government. Based on what Rick Adams said a while ago, my understanding is that there is an untariffed version of a common carrier, known as an enhanced service provider. He claimed there were three rules to being an enhanced service provider: [1] You must pass traffic without regard to content. [2] You must provide service to any who request it. [3] You must not yourself make use of the service; or something really odd, like that. There's a very boring book on the subject in which I confirmed [1] and [2]. [3] is a weird one; perhaps ask rick. For a good chemical sedative substitute, read _Telecommunications and the Law_, a collection of papers on the subject (I'll dig up an editor and publisher upon request). It discusses the history of all the fun and games. -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]