<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On 19 Mar, 2014, at 18:34, Innocenzo Genna <<a href="mailto:inno@innogenna.it">inno@innogenna.it</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">15) “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">specialized service” means an electronic communications service <b><i>optimized for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b>specific content, applications or services, or a combination thereof,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>provided over logically distinct capacity and relying on strict admission control from end to end</i></b>. It is not marketed or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>usable</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a substitute for internet access service; [its application layer is not functionally identical to services and applications available over the public internet access service;]</span></blockquote></div><br><div>And that, particularly if the specialised service uses IP, is the problem? </div><div><br></div><div>And end-to-end means to a particular device or, more probably, an end network controlled by the service supplier.</div><div><br></div><div>I stopped liking "end-to-end" sometime back.</div><div><br></div><div>Gordon</div><div><br></div></body></html>