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Re: How many ISPs are out there?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Rhett)
Tue Jul 24 03:09:27 2001

Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:06:07 -0700
From: Joe Rhett <jrhett@isite.net>
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> I was actually thinking along IAP (Internet Access Provider) lines. But,
> most folks lump ISPs and IAPs in the same breath.
 
Ouchie. I've always heard IAP as "Internet Applications Provider" -- the
exact opposite in most senses of an access provider. TLA collision ...

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Joe Rhett                                                      Chief Geek
JRhett@ISite.Net                                      ISite Services, Inc.

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