On Aug 7, 2012, at 6:35 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote: >> All I changed was the ISP. Why do we call the = thing that's changed >> "location"? > > 'Location' in the network-centric sense (i.e. 'where in the overall network's > connectivity map you are'). Right. The location is pretty much irrelevant to the user. Too bad changing it involves pain for the user rather than just pain for the core (ISPs and such)