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In article <1991Apr15.133520.253@cbnewsk.att.com> hansen@pegasus.att.com (Tony L. Hansen) writes:

  No, the Internet commercial business prohibition does not apply. The
  commercial services are like telephone common carriers: they provide
  connectivity, but the individual is still responsible for the
  content.

None of the commercial internet service providers have actually
applied for common carrier status, though; that takes a lot of hard
work and legal fees to accomplish.

The closest thing is to register (with the FCC?) as an "enhanced
service provider", which launches you into a big grey area of the law
and doesn't seem to be regulated very aggressively.  I don't have the
details on what if anything this buys you except perhaps piece of mind
for your lawyers.

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 Msen	Edward Vielmetti
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"With all of the attention and publicity focused on gigabit networks,
not much notice has been given to small and largely unfunded research
efforts which are studying innovative approaches for dealing with
technical issues within the constraints of economic science."  
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