[CII] terms and conditions

[bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com]

On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 11:00:35AM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On Tuesday, December 01, 2009 10:15:05 -0600 
> bmanning at vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> 
> >
> >On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 11:32:25AM -0500, Avri Doria wrote:
> >>
> >>I guess i tend to want to push the meaning of  'Critical' to the edge of
> >>'something without which there is no Internet'
> >>
> >>The question then becomes for me one of  the locality and temporality of
> >>that statement.  Critical for the Internet at large, or Criticial for
> >>Internet at some place in time.
> >>
> >>'Internet At large' works fine if by our definition being an Internet 
> >>means
> >>reaches all people.  But few people mean that, I think.
> >
> >        the -only- people who really -NEED- to have reachability to all
> >people are direct marketers.
> >        And they are in the class of communications I have no desire to
> >receive - ever.
> >        There are only a small handful of scenarios that I can envision 
> >        that
> >would require the
> >        ability for everyone on the planet to communicate with everyone 
> >        else
> >on the planet.
> >
> 
> So...no need for 911 then?
> 

	well 911 service is not always 911 on the keypad - at least in a global
	context .. and rarely if ever runs on a best-effort service like the Internet.

	and even presuming 911 emergency service, as implemented in the USA, is
	the model your trying to emulate - a 911 call does not ring every telephone
	on the planet... or even the 911 service center 500 miles away.  Its a local
	service.

--bill