[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-182 Update Residential Customer Definition to not exclude wireless as Residential Service

[Michael Sinatra]

On 10/2/12 11:03 AM, William Herrin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:19 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>> ARIN-prop-182 Update Residential Customer Definition to not
>> exclude wireless as Residential Service
> 
>> Policy statement:
>>
>> Update  "section 2.13. Residential Customer" to remove the term "place
>> of residence" and append "regardless of OSI Layer 1 and 2
>> technologies"
>>
>> The resulting text shall be: End-users who are individual persons and
>> not organizations and who receive service for personal use only are
>> considered residential customers, regardless of OSI Layer 1 or 2
>> technologies.
> 
> Hi Cameron,
> 
> "OSI layer 1 and layer 2" seems overly specific. How about just,
> "regardless of the technology used?" I can see your point that just
> because I buy a business-grade service doesn't mean I'm a business. As
> a hobbyist, I should benefit from residential privacy too.

I thought the same thing.  A middle ground might be "regardless of
physical or data-link technologies being used."  A bit more specific but
doesn't bring in the OSI dependency. :)

In general, I support this proposal.

michael