17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
It would appear that UUNET does not consider themselves to be a common carrier any more -- they now claim the right to cut sites off for violating netiquette.
Strange. First, they were never a common carrier: they went to some legal pains to get registered as an enhanced service provider. I don't know what the differences are, but when the first "Internet Porn" article by Joe Abernathy appeared years ago, Rick wasn't worried. He told me ESP was better then CC, but I don't remember why (perhaps it was no FCC regulation?) It's unclear how this new policy affects their ESP status. /r$