>>Its disappointing Gordon that you make fun rather than try to understand
>>the distinction being made and try to help to clarify rather
>>than obfuscate.
>
>Ronda, it is you who obfuscates but assuming you know more about
>international telecommunications law and policy development than tony.
>
>if you think that the only thing that defines the internet is its RFCs
>you are incredibly naive.
I could say all Sears stores were "public" too, but if you aksed
me to prove it I'd be hard pressed to do that.
There's a difference between "the public can use it" to "the public
owens it".
Show me ONE PIECE of the Internet that is deeded to the public. Just
one router... one circuit... one.
This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire
civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of
dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing.
Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny]