Okay, if we go down that road, that makes Starbucks, Borders, a number of restaurants, and any other place that offers publically accessible wifi (free or otherwise) an ISP. If they start to increase the burden on these businesses, expect to see wifi hotspots diminish. IMO, that classification would be a bad thing.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:04:19AM +0200, Henk Uijterwaal wrote: > On 13/10/2010 10:41, Jeroen Massar wrote: > > On 2010-10-13 10:25, Hank Nussbacher wrote: > >> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/10/13/0044233/Dutch-Hotels-Must-Register-As > >> -ISPs > > > > I don't see the problem here, they are generally already outsourcing the > > "ISP" part anyway to a company, and that company is generally already a ISP. > > If I read the various links in the articles (most of them in Dutch), then > one of the questions is if reselling services from an ISP, makes the > reseller itself an ISP. The telecom regulatory body (OPTA) says yes, the > association of hotel owners (KHN) says no. There are legal arguments either > way. > > Henk > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Henk Uijterwaal Email: henk.uijterwaal(at)ripe.net > RIPE Network Coordination Centre http://www.xs4all.nl/~henku > P.O.Box 10096 Singel 258 Phone: +31.20.5354414 > 1001 EB Amsterdam 1016 AB Amsterdam Fax: +31.20.5354445 > The Netherlands The Netherlands Mobile: +31.6.55861746 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I confirm today what I denied yesterday. Anonymous Politician. --- Wayne Bouchard w...@typo.org Network Dude http://www.typo.org/~web/
