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It delivers more than just bytes. It's communication in different forms for different purposes. On the other hand, when water is delivered it's the same water h

It delivers more than just bytes. It's communication in different forms for different purposes. On the other hand, when water is delivered it's the same water here or there.

maccard 12y ago
Telecoms are also classified as utilities.
angersock 12y ago
And what form does that communication take? Bytes. As for the water, once delivered it is used for drinking, for washing, for cooling, for watering...but it travels, unmolested, as water being commonly carried.
ericd 12y ago
The electricity certainly gets used for lots of different things. UDP and TCP is what I want my ISPs concerned with, not what I'm doing with those packets.
- Taniwha 12y ago
  no even that's too high - your ISP shouldn't be dealing with UDP or TCP (or anything else) - they should route IP packets and be done with it
  - ericd 12y ago
    Heh well, may help with QoS, but I guess that we've seen what a slippery slope that can be.
pbz 12y ago
"different forms for different purposes" -- no it's not, it's all bytes. The ISP should not care or know what the purpose of those bytes are. The same way the electric company doesn't care what I plug into my outlets.