I completely agree. I can't wait for the next big end user bandwidth boost. I predict an "Asterisk for Dummies" book when it happens.
snacktime wrote: > On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:19:19 -0500, Kris Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>How ISPs May Quietly Kill VoIP >>Communications >>Posted by Zonk on Friday March 18, @10:59PM >>from the poor-kids-never-had-a-chance dept. >>ravenII writes "PBS's i'Cringley's informative piece gives an >>eye-opening look at the anticompetitive behavior of some ISPs who are >>showing up late to the VoIP game. This is not something that could be >>easily mandated, and the beauty of this approach is that they're not >>explicitly doing anything to the 3rd party service applications. They're >>just identifying and tagging their own services, which is within their >>rights." > > > One major flaw I see with his logic is that in order to degrade the > traffic enough to have an effect on voip, a provider has to degrade > all the traffic, and they aren't going to do that. The other one is > that congestion is less and less of an issue. The backbone is not > clogged with traffic, it's got excess capacity all over the place at > least in the US. Bandwidth will only get cheaper, the pipes fatter, > and the quality better. All of which work against this theory. > > Then again, maybe this time the sky really is falling... > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
