Perry> Mike Godwin will have to confirm this, but to my knowledge Common Perry> Carrier is NOT a status you have to apply for. UUNET operates as a Perry> common carrier and has never registered with anyone. Interesting assertion. I suspect that you could say the same of any other regional IP provider. A lot of service providers leap to claim the appelation "common carrier", in the hope that it will absolve them of responsibility for their users' actions. In the real world, most providers, including UUNET and PSI, make their customers sign agreements that said customers won't use the networks for nefarious ends. Note that the phone company doesn't do this. It'll be a while (and a few court cases) before I have any confidence that the U.S. Gov't recognizes IP service providers as common carriers in any real sense. --strat NOTE: I don't speak for anyone but little old me, besides it's only my 2nd week here. :-) Bob Stratton strat@uunet.uu.net UUNET Technologies, Inc. uunet!strat 3110 Fairview Park Dr., Suite 570 Voice) +1 703 204 8000 Falls Church, Va 22042 Fax) +1 703 204 8001