Owen this is interesting I think also...but how do u prove motive? Arvinder
>> Yes, you've got "some of the largest Internet companies as customers². >> Because you told them "if you don't pay us, we'll throttle you". Then >> you throttled them. I'm sorry, not a winning argument. >> Nick > > Claims by some large ISPs that this is untrue rest on the claim that > they dont do traffic discrimination. > > While they may not be (and, indeed, are not allowed to) do traffic > discrimination, what is ignored is that refusing to add sufficient peering > capacity is, to the consumers perspective (and to the content providers > perspective as well) effectively the same thing as throttling. > > I will note that as yet, not one of these providers has claimed that they > did not refuse to increase peering capacity in order to leverage payment, > and, indeed, payment does appear to have been leveraged. > > Owen > >
