Rich Andrews wrote in
.44:

JD, When it comes to ISP desginations, either you use an ISP or you are
an ISP. You cannot connect to the net unless you are one or the other.

This is not correct. There are many people who have connections
that do not go thru an ISP (for starters, most .edu and .mil
users have a connection to the backbone which does not go thru
an ISP). Some folk will also argue that AOL is not, strictly,
an ISP.

John