BTW, one technical point about AOL:
AOL is not an ISP; AOL is an online content provider. AOL/Compuserve
predates the internet. Internet email is a free option that AOL doesn't
have to provide. AOL can drop internet access without violating their
user contract, which is for AOL proprietary online content. This is not
true of Internet Service Providers. By contrast with online provider
like AOL, ISPs sell access to Internet content including Internet email.
An ISP that disconnected from the internet would violate its customer
agreements.
I think there was an interesting related case with root DNS servers,
actually. If I recall, ISPs cannot route root DNS server IPs to their
own alternate root servers, since that interferes with Internet access.
If anyone knows the reference to this case, I'd appreciate it.
--Dean
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