Greg, Lets keep the notion of "use" to resolution, forwards and backwards, and what necessarily rides on top of resolution. In layers, though resolution usually takes place over transport, so {udp|tcp}/ip, (in English, that is UDP or TCP over IP), what we really mean is a wart off of routing, a one time look up before routing. So if (and only if, according to my prior "what we mean by ..." note), an instance of communication involves routing made by a device participating in the Default Free Zone, then there is the "use". We don't know what is going on below the network layer, so whatever we mean by "use" and "resolution" does not imply "regulation" (or awareness) of link or physical layers, let alone the electrical (though ip over consumer power has been done). Cheers, Eric On 11/21/15 10:30 PM, Greg Shatan wrote:
I suppose, as I type this, I am "using" the Con Ed electric plant on 14th Street, since it's supplying the electricity I am "using" to power this computer