[28795] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The %^&# did it!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Tue May 16 16:46:51 2000
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Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 13:45:00 -0700
To: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>, "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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At 04:34 PM 5/16/00 -0400, Jim Mercer wrote:
>On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:29:05PM -0700, Eric A. Hall wrote:
> > > i don't use ICQ, but i sorta understood it to be half between biff and
> > > irc.
> > >
> > > how is ICQ considered an "online telephone service"?
> >
> > It has two modes. In simple mode it is as you state. In advanced mode it
> > offers a voice chat function.
>
>ah, that would explain it.
Yeah, but it still wouldn't surprise me if the law was so poorly-written
that it ALSO applied to:
Instant Messenger services
E-Mail services
E-Mail to Pager Gateways
E-Mail to Cel Phone Gateways
Overnight Delivery Package Tracking systems
Porn Site Credit Card Verification Systems
;-)
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