For those who have been interested in this discussion, a new
version of the draft has been posted. It incorporates, to the
extent to which I could figure out how to do so, comments on the
list and some very specific suggestions from a few people (see
acknowledgements).
As the document indicates, and as has been said on this list, it
is pretty easy to slice and dice this along a whole series of
dimensions and by differentiating among issues that, while
potentially important, are comprehensible only to experts. So,
if you are going to read it and comment, I suggest (and request)
that you try to adopt the perspective of an end-user, regulator,
or legislator who is easily confused by, and impatient of,
details.
If we have managed to design (or back into) a network design
with sufficiently many combinations of options that the
knowledge level of the readers of this list are required to
understand a service offering, that is probably a problem. But
it is not a problem that any document like this can solve.
john
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Title : Terminology for Describing Internet Connectivivy
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Filename : draft-klensin-ip-service-terms-03.txt
Pages : 11
Date : 2004-7-2
As the Internet has evolved, many types of arrangements have been
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