> This demarcation exists because, these regulations are in place Yes, the demaracation point exists, but where is it in different jurisdictions.
The demarcation point between what is Customer Premises and what is Network is a hotley debated issue. It is not even clear in the USA, where different Public Utility Commissions have taken different positions (this is State Regulated). While the FCC took the position that the network should not extend more than 12 inches into a building (or something to that effect) even that is not clear cut because there certainly are "programmable jacks" for data service that extend deeper into the buildings. This is at the heart of the difference between the US and Europe w.r.t. ISDN. The U-reference point is considered to be inside the Network in Europe and inside the Customer Premises in the USA. All this has to do with the bundling of services. If a service provider can deploy equipment inside the Customer Premises, than that service provider can get the user locked into specific services of that service provider which may make it difficult and expensive for other service providers to offer competing services. This is not a simple issue and I am sure we have not heard the last of it. Ciao, Vic
