At 11:51 AM -0400 8/14/00, Alex Kamantauskas wrote:
> Is there a standard definition of "the Internet"?
Not so far as I know - in fact, in the US, "Internet" was (and may be still
is) a trademark held by a non-IP entity. The/an automated bank teller
network (ATM's) was built by someone and they called it the Internet and
were granted a trademark. This issue was debated by the ISOC board, they
presented reports on this at the most recent Washington, D.C., IETF.
I will say this, not in hopes of starting a flame war/red
herring/inappropriate thread, but in the hopes of clarifying my statement
that started this...
If I were to dial in to my home ISP and sent them Appletalk, and they
forwarded Appletalk to others, the IETF (again, whatever that is) cannot
stop this. (Nor would I expect anyone to really want to.)
This is what I envisioned when I said there's nothing requiring I use IP...
PS - Appletalk, DECnet, NetBUI, insert your favorite protocol.
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