Fwd: Re: [LINK] Number of ISPs continues to grow - now almost 1100

[Roger Clarke]

>From: Adam Todd <at@ah.net>
>So exactly how many ISPs are really out there?

So exactly what is an ISP?

One quick stab is at:
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/OzIHist.html#ISP

That's supported by:
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Internet+Service+Provider
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Internet+Access+Providers
(which I regret to admit I'd never looked at before, and is from 1996!)

Can anyone point to or copy-and-paste in the ABS definition, or an 
IIA definition.  Let's just ignore any definitions that may exist in 
the Telecommunications legislation ...  Although the TIO might have 
tried to come up with an interpretation of it that makes sense in the 
real world.

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