The law expired, there are no network neutrality violations. They can, and are doing what they want. packet shaping is going on right now.
Mike On 9/16/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > September 15, 2007 > Detecting and Proving Network Neutrality Violations > http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000292.html > > "Do we currently have the tools and algorithms to detect and demonstrate > serious network neutrality violations by ISPs, in a manner that would > lead to such violations being actionable and correctable? Or could > neutrality violations be slipped into the network just like analog cable > channels that pretend to be digital? > > "ISPs simply blocking sites would be quickly detected and likely to > generate high-level complaints quickly, but what of more subtle > approaches like "traffic shaping" -- that if used aggressively and > inappropriately could certainly be defined as anti-neutrality mechanisms? > Would the average ISP subscriber of cable Internet or a telco DSL > Internet service have any obvious way to detect whether the slow > throughput they were getting with particular sites was just an ordinary > result of heavy Internet traffic, vs. their ISP purposely relegating the > competitions' packets to the back of the bus, so to speak?" > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
