On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Barry Gold wrote:
But even if the "excessive" user _were_ "blocking the line to the...buffet" (presumably by filling the local loop up with his packets), dropping packets is a useful solution. The ISP can (or should be able to) program the cable modem to drop the packets before they ever get on the local loop -- right there in the user's house/apartment/business.
Supposedly, cable modems that exist today cannot do this. So if ISPs *cannot* do the right thing, what should they do?
Wes Felter - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://felter.org/wesley/
