Perry E. Metzger wrote: # Mike Godwin will have to confirm this, but to my knowledge Common # Carrier is NOT a status you have to apply for. UUNET operates as a # common carrier and has never registered with anyone. Well, we won't really know until the legal beagles deliver their opinions (and perhaps not even then, if they disagree.) What I wonder is, what does the phrase "operates as a common carrier" mean? Who has to grant you that status before it has any meaning as a legal protection? Bob -- ============================================================================== Bob Izenberg voice phone: 512-891-8680 Motorola RISC Software bobi@vswr.sps.mot.com ==============================================================================