On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Jim Henry wrote: > I think the only fair way to treat VOIP is for a provider to prioritize > their own VOIP packets, not lower the priority of VOIP packets from other > providers, or worse, block ports that competitors use for the service. That > way if I own a network I can fairly insure QOS for my VOIP customers and > give all competitors "best effort" service just like any other data > traversing the network. I agree. But the current "Net Neutrality" proponents want to go further than that. And that's wrong.
As usual, devil is in the details. Nothing wrong with "Net Neutrality" which means "you shouldn't engage in anti-competitive behavior" (as you suggested, to intentionally handicap competitor's traffic). Now, whether such law is even *necessary* is unclear - it is already unlawful as anti-competitive behavior (see Vonage vs Madison River, which was resolved in favor of Vonage without any new laws). -alex -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
