> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark Phillips > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 2:13 PM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Is ISP Blocking VoIP > > > Or is it? > > Assuming that the ITSP is SIP based why not move the port > from 5060 to > something else? > > Granted they might be looking at trhe flavour of the packets > but perhaps > they are not. > > Of one has to supply the customer with an ATA why not make it > an IAX one?
Again.... These schemes might be effective, temporarily, but playing cat and mouse with ports and the ISPs' attempts to dick with traffic is not a practical business model. Honestly, this behavior on the part of the ISP's doesn't surprise me in the least. Conside those cases where the ISP is also selling dialtone. VOIP traffic crossing their network, and NOT belonging to them, is competition. Given that the major communications companies have a history of aggressively protecting their revenues, and given that the current regulatory climate has been bought and paid for by those companies, it doesn't surprise me at all. <tin_foil_hat=on> This is but an early skirmish in the war for the Internet, folks. Video-on-demand may well be the next round. That "holy grail" of the media giants is just around the corner, and don't think for a minute that your cable company/ISP will stand idly by and watch you order your movies from "moviesnow.blockbuster.com" if they can get away with dicking with the feed and offering you "a more reliable" alternative. <tin_foil_hat=off> - Rusty _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
