[vel0city]

> Internet service as something built on top of raw telecom circuits

My service agreement with my ISP explicitly says it is a circuit.

And also the argument isn't if it's an Internet service or a telecommunications service, it's if it's an information service or telecommunications service. Quit throwing your own common parlance terminology here and use the language in the law and the courts please!

[tptacek]

The text of your service agreement has exactly zero to do with this dispute.

[vel0city]

It's entirely the center of this dispute. What is it that I'm actually paying my ISP for? I'm paying them for a telecommunications circuit. I'm not paying them because they host or manipulate data I care about, I pay them so I can telecommunicate with actual information services.