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?
...
>>Let's just ignore any definitions that may exist in the 
>>Telecommunications legislation ...


Adam Todd <at@ah.net>:
>But you can't, because that is where the definition of a business or 
>free service operating as an ISP comes from.  If you meet the 
>criteria of a CSP you are bound by law under the Telecommunications 
>Act.

The T. Act defines a categoory of organisation, and then imposes 
obligations on any organisation that fits that definition.

But back in the real world, we're free to use definitions that suit 
us, and not the Parliament.

Neither ABS nor any other surveyor would use legislation as anything 
more than one possible source of information to use when they decide 
on the definition that they are going to use for the purposes of the 
survey.

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