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Re: Net Neutrality Legislative Proposal


From: Mark Newton <newton () internode com au>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:44:27 +0930


On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 03:58:00PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
 
Eh?  Of course they are.  They're selling transit to their cable
modem customers, surely?

Quote from a typical terms of service agreement:

I think you're missing the point, Florian.  Regardless of any 
retail restrictions, the fact still remains that your local 
Cable company is selling connectivity to other peoples' 
autonomous systems.

That's transit.

And that's what eBay and Google don't sell.

  - mark

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