> > Most obviously, we use the fact that it is our circuit to provide > guaranteed QoS to our VoIP products, if customer chooses to buy that. > Now, if the "network neutrality" means we cannot (as a common > carrier) prioritize certain packets over others, it is simply ridiculous. >
Actually, it is not riducles. Although this is not the situation which network neutrality is pointed at, never the less, if Vinnie from Queens is contracted with you for normal DSL (or even LoS wireless) at 1.5 mbs and *your* private brand VoIP QoS is killing his service because you gave your VoIP priority over his porn and mail downloads, then your darn straight it is a problem, and not one that can be solved in the "market". And how about HIS Vonage phone and PTP alternatives to phone service which are now way popular. As a common carrier, everyone must be treated equally, incoming and outgoing. If your going to guarantee VoIP through puts your just going to have to make sure you have enough bandwidth, or get OUT of the common carrier business. > > All those clients now use you as a common carrier. They already have > > legal rights and protections. The Network Neutrality bills floating > > around, proposed by those communists at Google, are intended to just > > strengthen those rights and prevetn someone like you using their common > > carrier status to interfere with public commerce. > Of course, they have certain rights - as common carrier, we can't sniff > the traffic (except as permitted by law), etc. Laws of unfair competition > would prevent us from tampering with/obstructing our competitor's traffic. > > So, what exactly do network neutrality bills would do? "Strengthen" what? > Devil's in details. Given the fact that NYCWireless historically supports > the more extreme positions, I find it important to emphasize that not all > "Neutrality" is a good thing. > > -alex > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- __________________________ Brooklyn Linux Solutions So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 http://fairuse.nylxs.com "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME" http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting http://www.inns.net <-- Happy Clients http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
