On 6/7/05, Michael Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 11:17:20 -0600, Colin Anderson wrote: > > > > >http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1812887,00.asp > > > >Specifically, his assertion that ISP's would sniff traffic and block, say, > >the SIP port. You could play wack-a-mole with port numbers, no? > > > >Also a community based, Freenet style of encryption implementation for > >"free" VoIP traffic would address this issue. > > > >I raise this to the list because I'm sure there's a grain of truth in what > >he's saying. ILEC's would be crazy to not consider this kind of lock in, > >since it's pretty obvious that packet voice networks are going to supplant > >circuit networks completely in, say, 20 years. Maybe sooner. > > Actually, Bob Cringley, another pundit found on the PBS web site raised > this matter a few weeks ago. I suspect that IAX2 with some encryption > could port hop around and not be easily tracked as VOIP traffic. But in > any case there has to be some regulatory stance on what is permitted > over a network. Certainly there are non-telco carriers like Covad, whom > I use, that would not concern themselves about the nature of the > traffic. > > Michael > > -- Actually, the FCC has already come down hard on an independent phone company that blocked VoIP traffic for a number of years. Vonage complained, and finally won:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/70081/us-slaps-fine-on-company-blocking-voip.html The telcos have seen this coming for years, and many of them are getting into the Video over DSL space as a means to compete going forward. Off topic.... _______________________________________________ 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
