Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-28 Thread David Hulsebus
If the 10 % didn't know what their usage patterns were I probably 
wouldn't implement this cap. I have a many that download between 3 - 10 
GB per day. A couple that upload half that. One sells the blueray discs 
he burns at the local plant site where he works. He's at 10GB plus 
daily. Sure the I didn't know will come up and I'll deal with those, 
but I either unload the customers or make money servicing them. 60% 
don't go above 5 GB in  month and another 20% never hit 10GB. It's the 
ones that regularly use 25-250 GB that I need to do something about. We 
put our cap at 50GB for basic charges. That covers all but 5% of my 
customers today.  We will be notifying customers when they hit half 
their alloted bits in any given month. I don't expect 90% will ever see 
a notification.

I don't necessarily agree with the premise that they don't know what's 
going on. A few sure. But what percentage of customer have leaky lines 
and get a big bill from the water company? And, because I see their 
traffic regularly, I will know who's got an issue and notify them. When 
was the last time a provider of any kind told you were going beyond your 
normal usage? Water, electric, cell, anyone?

Dave




Jonathan Schmidt wrote:
 With byte cap tiers (the majority of deployment plans outside of the US,
 by the way) the most likely leak are the youngsters on the home computer
 network.  The solution to leak shock is communication...well before the
 limit is reached if it is climbing rapidly and at, for example, 75% and
 100%.  The same thing should hold true with cell phone SMS shock ...my
 good friend's teenage daughter engages in 3,000 to 4,000 text messages a
 month.  They quickly switched to a plan that could economically support
 that.  The communications on the cell phone was the next monthly bill
 but ISPs can communicate immediately to their subscribers in the event
 that a leak shock appears to be imminent. That can head off Larry's
 correct assertion that the customer will claim that the fault is
 elsewhere.

 . . . J o n a t h a n 

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 Behalf Of Larry Yunker
 Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

   
 I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the 
 month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water 
 to fill my pool was going to cost me.
 

 The problem with that analogy is two fold:

 (1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally
 put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been
 downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that client
 software automatically enables sharing. 

 (2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED
 USAGE.
 My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from
 local citizens who have complaints about their water bills.  Most
 customers who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the
 excessive water charges.  For instance, they might have a toilet that
 won't stop running.  Similar circumstances occur in the internet world
 when a P2P program automatically shares data with the world OR when a
 virus evades your computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out to
 the net.

 Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses
 as to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the
 meter.

 - Larry









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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-28 Thread reader
I stopped tracking individual use...

But my average has remained the same since after my first year...  7 gigs 
per customer.   Summer use is a little more, winter is less.I do keep 
track of the number of gigs.





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- Original Message - 
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Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 If the 10 % didn't know what their usage patterns were I probably
 wouldn't implement this cap. I have a many that download between 3 - 10
 GB per day. A couple that upload half that. One sells the blueray discs
 he burns at the local plant site where he works. He's at 10GB plus
 daily. Sure the I didn't know will come up and I'll deal with those,
 but I either unload the customers or make money servicing them. 60%
 don't go above 5 GB in  month and another 20% never hit 10GB. It's the
 ones that regularly use 25-250 GB that I need to do something about. We
 put our cap at 50GB for basic charges. That covers all but 5% of my
 customers today.  We will be notifying customers when they hit half
 their alloted bits in any given month. I don't expect 90% will ever see
 a notification.

 I don't necessarily agree with the premise that they don't know what's
 going on. A few sure. But what percentage of customer have leaky lines
 and get a big bill from the water company? And, because I see their
 traffic regularly, I will know who's got an issue and notify them. When
 was the last time a provider of any kind told you were going beyond your
 normal usage? Water, electric, cell, anyone?

 Dave




 Jonathan Schmidt wrote:
 With byte cap tiers (the majority of deployment plans outside of the US,
 by the way) the most likely leak are the youngsters on the home 
 computer
 network.  The solution to leak shock is communication...well before the
 limit is reached if it is climbing rapidly and at, for example, 75% and
 100%.  The same thing should hold true with cell phone SMS shock ...my
 good friend's teenage daughter engages in 3,000 to 4,000 text messages a
 month.  They quickly switched to a plan that could economically support
 that.  The communications on the cell phone was the next monthly bill
 but ISPs can communicate immediately to their subscribers in the event
 that a leak shock appears to be imminent. That can head off Larry's
 correct assertion that the customer will claim that the fault is
 elsewhere.

 . . . J o n a t h a n

 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
 Behalf Of Larry Yunker
 Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM
 To: 'WISPA General List'
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the
 month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water
 to fill my pool was going to cost me.


 The problem with that analogy is two fold:

 (1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally
 put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been
 downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that 
 client
 software automatically enables sharing.

 (2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED
 USAGE.
 My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from
 local citizens who have complaints about their water bills.  Most
 customers who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the
 excessive water charges.  For instance, they might have a toilet that
 won't stop running.  Similar circumstances occur in the internet world
 when a P2P program automatically shares data with the world OR when a
 virus evades your computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out 
 to
 the net.

 Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses
 as to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the
 meter.

 - Larry









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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Well, what you have to do is include a number of gigs that cover typical and 
slightly above typical usage.  Structure it so only power users or P2P users 
would top that usage.

For some new projects I'm working on, I'm considering a 50 gig package for 
$50/month.


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Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 More on this...Many of us have not already implemented this because of our
 competition from cable and dsl. Same for me! I think the the FCC has 
 finally
 provided ALL broadband providers a reason to implemente this(as we can't
 control traffic) although it will be a major blow to the U.S. broadband
 penetration. I know I have been waiting for it since 2002. Let the NEW 
 games
 begin!

 Scott

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 Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:04 PM
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 Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a
 usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet 
 they
 (FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

 Just my 1 pence.
 Scottie

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 Behalf Of Larry Yunker
 Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:37 AM
 To: 'WISPA General List'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
 its P2P throttling.



 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
 es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html



 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.



 Regards,

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 Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Yunker

Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a
usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet
they (FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

I would have to disagree.  It would appear that in this case, the FCC would
be treating an internet provider similar to a cable-tv provider.  I think
that the FCC could rely on it's holding in Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC
to support it's need to interfere with internet provider's freedom to
contract.

In Turner, the court held that it has an independent interest in preserving
a multiplicity of broadcasters.  It would seem that it is following that
same tenor when it is forcing internet providers to allow equal footing
for all services.

I personally don't agree with this notion, I think that a greater harm will
flow because the number of potential internet providers could be reduced
from such drastic measures or in the alternative the cost of internet
services could skyrocket due to bit-caps.

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Scottie Arnett
I definitely do not agree with what thay are doing to Comcast,  except that
Comcast right out lied about it. The FCC should not be allowed to tell me
how I run my network. If they are going to do that, then they may as well
make internet regulated and make internet tariff's. I think the FCC would
LOVE to regulate the internet(which they already do in some respects), but
Congress keeps shooting it down. If people do not like that I limit p2p,
they do have another choice in another ISP, it is not like I am forcing
something on them that they HAVE to take.

The underlying problem I see with it is that p2p uses a ton of connections,
which most wireless equipment does not handle well. Cable and DSL seem to
not have as much of a problem with it except for the bandwidth usage it
creates. If I am not allowed to control my network, then I see no other
alternative but to go to a usage based model and I think cable and dsl will
also. ATT has already sent emails to some of their customers saying they
are going to that model and Time Warner is experimenting with that model in
Texas.

I am in a rural area and bandwidth is not cheap here. I pay over $400/meg. I
have about %20 of my customers using the most bandwidth with bittorrents and
gnutella. I do not block these, but I severly limit their transfer speeds
and connections. If the FCC goes through with this, what next. They will
telling me that I can't limit it here. The RIAA and MPAA would have a
field day is this area. The people do not understand what they are doing is
illegal...they think that if it is there then there is nothing wrong with
getting it.

From a business standpoint, I do not see why everyone is so against a usage
based system?

Scottie



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Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a 
usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet 
they (FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

I would have to disagree.  It would appear that in this case, the FCC would
be treating an internet provider similar to a cable-tv provider.  I think
that the FCC could rely on it's holding in Turner Broadcasting System v. FCC
to support it's need to interfere with internet provider's freedom to
contract.

In Turner, the court held that it has an independent interest in preserving
a multiplicity of broadcasters.  It would seem that it is following that
same tenor when it is forcing internet providers to allow equal footing
for all services.

I personally don't agree with this notion, I think that a greater harm will
flow because the number of potential internet providers could be reduced
from such drastic measures or in the alternative the cost of internet
services could skyrocket due to bit-caps.

Larry Yunker
Network Consultant
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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
We have one very large customer that uses 60 gig per month.  They pay the 
same price for that that they would for a t-1 in this area.  $350 per month.

marlon

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 Well, what you have to do is include a number of gigs that cover typical 
 and
 slightly above typical usage.  Structure it so only power users or P2P 
 users
 would top that usage.

 For some new projects I'm working on, I'm considering a 50 gig package for
 $50/month.


 --
 Mike Hammett
 Intelligent Computing Solutions
 http://www.ics-il.com


 - Original Message - 
 From: Scottie Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: 'WISPA General List' wireless@wispa.org
 Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:38 PM
 Subject: Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 More on this...Many of us have not already implemented this because of 
 our
 competition from cable and dsl. Same for me! I think the the FCC has
 finally
 provided ALL broadband providers a reason to implemente this(as we can't
 control traffic) although it will be a major blow to the U.S. broadband
 penetration. I know I have been waiting for it since 2002. Let the NEW
 games
 begin!

 Scott

 -Original Message-
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 Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:04 PM
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 Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a
 usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet
 they
 (FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

 Just my 1 pence.
 Scottie

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 Behalf Of Larry Yunker
 Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 11:37 AM
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 Subject: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality


 It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
 its P2P throttling.



 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
 es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html



 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.



 Regards,

 Larry Yunker

 Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread reader
usage based means tiers of prices...  No matter what you tell people or how 
you warn them, if your bill this month is $100 and last month it was $25, 
they WILL BE ANGRY.

Further, automating systems to bill per gig is kind of a pain.

The answer, then, I guess is... convenience.





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From a business standpoint, I do not see why everyone is so against a 
usage
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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Matt
 usage based means tiers of prices...  No matter what you tell people or how
 you warn them, if your bill this month is $100 and last month it was $25,
 they WILL BE ANGRY.

 Further, automating systems to bill per gig is kind of a pain.

 The answer, then, I guess is... convenience.

We were looking at throttling the over quotta users at peak times
based on a 7-day window of usage.

Matt



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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread David Hulsebus
I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the 
month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water 
to fill my pool was going to cost me.

I have 60 customers that I loose money on every month. I can afford the 
implementation for what I will gain in revenue or gain back in 
profitability; so I'm moving in that direction.

70 % of my customers said they would prefer it. I expect that when it's 
implemented more like 90 % will like it and the other 10 % can pay for 
what they really want - 24 X 7 usage of large amounts of bandwidth or not.

I either need to make money on the account or not have it. I'm not a 
charity and not subsidized to provide it at a loss.

Dave Hulsebus

Matt wrote:
 usage based means tiers of prices...  No matter what you tell people or how
 you warn them, if your bill this month is $100 and last month it was $25,
 they WILL BE ANGRY.

 Further, automating systems to bill per gig is kind of a pain.

 The answer, then, I guess is... convenience.
 

 We were looking at throttling the over quotta users at peak times
 based on a 7-day window of usage.

 Matt
   

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Yunker
I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the 
month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water 
to fill my pool was going to cost me.

The problem with that analogy is two fold:

(1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally
put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been
downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that client
software automatically enables sharing. 

(2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED USAGE.
My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from
local citizens who have complaints about their water bills.  Most customers
who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the excessive
water charges.  For instance, they might have a toilet that won't stop
running.  Similar circumstances occur in the internet world when a P2P
program automatically shares data with the world OR when a virus evades your
computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out to the net.

Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses as
to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the meter.

- Larry










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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Jonathan Schmidt
With byte cap tiers (the majority of deployment plans outside of the US,
by the way) the most likely leak are the youngsters on the home computer
network.  The solution to leak shock is communication...well before the
limit is reached if it is climbing rapidly and at, for example, 75% and
100%.  The same thing should hold true with cell phone SMS shock ...my
good friend's teenage daughter engages in 3,000 to 4,000 text messages a
month.  They quickly switched to a plan that could economically support
that.  The communications on the cell phone was the next monthly bill
but ISPs can communicate immediately to their subscribers in the event
that a leak shock appears to be imminent. That can head off Larry's
correct assertion that the customer will claim that the fault is
elsewhere.

. . . J o n a t h a n 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Larry Yunker
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:52 PM
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I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the 
month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water 
to fill my pool was going to cost me.

The problem with that analogy is two fold:

(1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally
put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been
downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that client
software automatically enables sharing. 

(2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED
USAGE.
My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from
local citizens who have complaints about their water bills.  Most
customers who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the
excessive water charges.  For instance, they might have a toilet that
won't stop running.  Similar circumstances occur in the internet world
when a P2P program automatically shares data with the world OR when a
virus evades your computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out to
the net.

Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses
as to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the
meter.

- Larry









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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Mike Hammett
Could have a program or site that shows current usage and encourage they 
monitor it...  or email them an alert when it appears they'll pass their 
allowance.

Maybe an ntop page that breaks down types of usage.


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 I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the
month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water
to fill my pool was going to cost me.

 The problem with that analogy is two fold:

 (1) you can physically see 25,000 gallons of water that you intentionally
 put in your pool whereas you cannot see the 25Gigs of data that has been
 downloaded from your laptop when you download a P2P client and that client
 software automatically enables sharing.

 (2) you are presuming that someone INTENTIONALLY CAUSED THE INCREASED 
 USAGE.
 My wife works for the local village and she frequently takes calls from
 local citizens who have complaints about their water bills.  Most 
 customers
 who call in to complain, have something broken that caused the excessive
 water charges.  For instance, they might have a toilet that won't stop
 running.  Similar circumstances occur in the internet world when a P2P
 program automatically shares data with the world OR when a virus evades 
 your
 computer and spews volumes of data worthless data out to the net.

 Bottom line.. if you institute bit caps be ready for a barrage of excuses 
 as
 to why it wasn't your customer's fault and why you need to reset the 
 meter.

 - Larry









 
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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-27 Thread Tom DeReggi
The differences is...

The consumer can see the pool full of water, as it fills.
The consumer can't see the bit-torrent traffic as it fills their usage 
budget.
Or for that matter, they can't see their bandwidth usage pool filling with 
any type of traffic.
There is no perception of traffic size, when the content probvider has the 
freedom to deliver it in any capacity.
a Bitmap can be 5mb or 5kb, the vioewer would never know the difference when 
they clicked the URL to get to the page.

Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL  Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband


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I got a water bill last month for $210 and wasn't angry. My bill the
 month before was only $30 dollars. I knew what 25,000 gallons of water
 to fill my pool was going to cost me.

 I have 60 customers that I loose money on every month. I can afford the
 implementation for what I will gain in revenue or gain back in
 profitability; so I'm moving in that direction.

 70 % of my customers said they would prefer it. I expect that when it's
 implemented more like 90 % will like it and the other 10 % can pay for
 what they really want - 24 X 7 usage of large amounts of bandwidth or not.

 I either need to make money on the account or not have it. I'm not a
 charity and not subsidized to provide it at a loss.

 Dave Hulsebus

 Matt wrote:
 usage based means tiers of prices...  No matter what you tell people or 
 how
 you warn them, if your bill this month is $100 and last month it was 
 $25,
 they WILL BE ANGRY.

 Further, automating systems to bill per gig is kind of a pain.

 The answer, then, I guess is... convenience.


 We were looking at throttling the over quotta users at peak times
 based on a 7-day window of usage.

 Matt


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[WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Larry Yunker
It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
its P2P throttling.

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html

 

It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

 

Regards,

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread reader
Bow to the east each morning and recite...

Oh great Father in Washington, thou knowest all, divinest all, we are 
unworthy to have thy great protection and wisdom...

Or, we could start telling the FCC they're full of it...




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 It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
 its P2P throttling.



 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
 es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html



 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.



 Regards,

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 Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Matt
 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

I agree.  Will this also mean that we will no longer be allowed to
block ports like 80 and 25?  What about ports 135-139 which actually
are blocked to prevent viruses and enhance security many times?  What
about web proxies?

Very disturbing.  Next they will ban bandwidth quottas.  Just wait.

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Forrest W. Christian
I have said this over and over in various forums:   Throttling/shaping 
on a per-application basis is not a good idea.   Bandwidth caps and 
pay-per-bit are the correct way to handle bandwidth hogs.   The FCC 
doesn't care how you limit, as long as you apply it equally to all 
bandwidth types.  

I believe the FCC's position is simple:  If you are a internet provider, 
you have to carry all types of traffic indiscriminately.

The FCC is *not* going to prevent blockage of ports and other limiting 
for legitimate network management reasons.   Preventing the use of 
bandwidth hog applications to fix your broken price model and 
resulting inadequate network is not going to be considered a valid 
reason for blocking or limiting one service over another.

Responding to a virus attack, or preventing spam or similar are valid 
reasons for performing at least temporary blocking.  But if your 
blocking gets in the way of a legitimate application, you need to be 
prepared to resolve any issues that come up.   All the FCC cares about 
is that the ISP's don't get to prevent a legitimate application from 
operating across their network.   A good example would be the widespread 
port 25 blocking which occurs.   It doesn't prevent legitimate mail from 
flowing (it is easy to configure around), but it does prevent spammers 
from using a network to spew mail out to the world.

-forrest

Larry Yunker wrote:
 It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
 its P2P throttling.

  

 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
 es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html

  

 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

  

 Regards,

 Larry Yunker

 Network Consultant

 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  

  



 
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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
I don't think there is an issue if you fully disclose to your customer 
exactly what you are doing.  If you tell the customer that you do your very 
best to kill or impair bittorrent then they have the choice of continuing 
with your or going somewhere else.  Comcast originally got pinched for not 
telling folks.  I hope that full disclosure allows us to content to do as we 
wish.
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I have said this over and over in various forums:   Throttling/shaping
 on a per-application basis is not a good idea.   Bandwidth caps and
 pay-per-bit are the correct way to handle bandwidth hogs.   The FCC
 doesn't care how you limit, as long as you apply it equally to all
 bandwidth types.

 I believe the FCC's position is simple:  If you are a internet provider,
 you have to carry all types of traffic indiscriminately.

 The FCC is *not* going to prevent blockage of ports and other limiting
 for legitimate network management reasons.   Preventing the use of
 bandwidth hog applications to fix your broken price model and
 resulting inadequate network is not going to be considered a valid
 reason for blocking or limiting one service over another.

 Responding to a virus attack, or preventing spam or similar are valid
 reasons for performing at least temporary blocking.  But if your
 blocking gets in the way of a legitimate application, you need to be
 prepared to resolve any issues that come up.   All the FCC cares about
 is that the ISP's don't get to prevent a legitimate application from
 operating across their network.   A good example would be the widespread
 port 25 blocking which occurs.   It doesn't prevent legitimate mail from
 flowing (it is easy to configure around), but it does prevent spammers
 from using a network to spew mail out to the world.

 -forrest

 Larry Yunker wrote:
 It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
 its P2P throttling.



 http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
 es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html



 It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
 decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
 traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.



 Regards,

 Larry Yunker

 Network Consultant

 [EMAIL PROTECTED]







 
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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Blair Davis




This whole thing makes me wounder...

What about when it is spelled out to the user before they sign up?

I inform all users that we reserve the right to limit traffic,
especially peer to peer traffic. I also tell them that we do not
support or recommend VoIP services. They are welcome to try them, but
our system was not designed for them and we will not promise if or how
well they will work on our residential or light commercial circuits.

This is not hidden in a page of fine print. It is spelled out, in
person, before the install is done. Every user on my network was
informed of this. 

What will it mean to me?



we Forrest W. Christian wrote:

  I have said this over and over in various forums:   Throttling/shaping 
on a per-application basis is not a good idea.   Bandwidth caps and 
pay-per-bit are the correct way to handle bandwidth hogs.   The FCC 
doesn't care how you limit, as long as you apply it equally to all 
bandwidth types.  

I believe the FCC's position is simple:  If you are a internet provider, 
you have to carry all types of traffic indiscriminately.

The FCC is *not* going to prevent blockage of ports and other limiting 
for legitimate network management reasons.   Preventing the use of 
"bandwidth hog" applications to fix your broken price model and 
resulting inadequate network is not going to be considered a valid 
reason for blocking or limiting one service over another.

Responding to a virus attack, or preventing spam or similar are valid 
reasons for performing at least temporary blocking.  But if your 
blocking gets in the way of a legitimate application, you need to be 
prepared to resolve any issues that come up.   All the FCC cares about 
is that the ISP's don't get to prevent a legitimate application from 
operating across their network.   A good example would be the widespread 
port 25 blocking which occurs.   It doesn't prevent legitimate mail from 
flowing (it is easy to configure around), but it does prevent spammers 
from using a network to spew mail out to the world.

-forrest

Larry Yunker wrote:
  
  
It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
its P2P throttling.

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html

 

It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

 

Regards,

Larry Yunker

Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a
usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet they
(FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

Just my 1 pence.
Scottie

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It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
its P2P throttling.

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html

 

It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

 

Regards,

Larry Yunker

Network Consultant

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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
Blair,
 
I do the same thing. Whenever we do an install we tell them before we do it
that we throttle ptp traffic. Wonder how this will play out as we are a
all-you-can eat buffet except that we fully disclose ptp trafficking and I
am wanting to change to a usage based model.

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This whole thing makes me wounder...

What about when it is spelled out to the user before they sign up?

I inform all users that we reserve the right to limit traffic, especially
peer to peer traffic.  I also tell them that we do not support or recommend
VoIP services.  They are welcome to try them, but our system was not
designed for them and we will not promise if or how well they will work on
our residential or light commercial circuits.

This is not hidden in a page of fine print.  It is spelled out, in person,
before the install is done.  Every user on my network was informed of this.


What will it mean to me?



we Forrest W. Christian wrote: 

I have said this over and over in various forums:   Throttling/shaping 

on a per-application basis is not a good idea.   Bandwidth caps and 

pay-per-bit are the correct way to handle bandwidth hogs.   The FCC 

doesn't care how you limit, as long as you apply it equally to all 

bandwidth types.  



I believe the FCC's position is simple:  If you are a internet provider, 

you have to carry all types of traffic indiscriminately.



The FCC is *not* going to prevent blockage of ports and other limiting 

for legitimate network management reasons.   Preventing the use of 

bandwidth hog applications to fix your broken price model and 

resulting inadequate network is not going to be considered a valid 

reason for blocking or limiting one service over another.



Responding to a virus attack, or preventing spam or similar are valid 

reasons for performing at least temporary blocking.  But if your 

blocking gets in the way of a legitimate application, you need to be 

prepared to resolve any issues that come up.   All the FCC cares about 

is that the ISP's don't get to prevent a legitimate application from 

operating across their network.   A good example would be the widespread 

port 25 blocking which occurs.   It doesn't prevent legitimate mail from 

flowing (it is easy to configure around), but it does prevent spammers 

from using a network to spew mail out to the world.



-forrest



Larry Yunker wrote:

  

It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for

its P2P throttling.



 



http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos

es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html



 



It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing

decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P

traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.



 



Regards,



Larry Yunker



Network Consultant



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Re: [WISPA] More FCC News - Net Neutrality

2008-07-26 Thread Scottie Arnett
More on this...Many of us have not already implemented this because of our
competition from cable and dsl. Same for me! I think the the FCC has finally
provided ALL broadband providers a reason to implemente this(as we can't
control traffic) although it will be a major blow to the U.S. broadband
penetration. I know I have been waiting for it since 2002. Let the NEW games
begin!

Scott 

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Yet anither reason us (WISP) and all Cable and DSL(telcos) will go to a
usage based systemno more all you can eat. I am not sure, but I bet they
(FCC) have no control on us in that circumstance.

Just my 1 pence.
Scottie

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It looks like the FCC now has the votes necessary to sanction Comcast for
its P2P throttling.

 

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-hammer-drops-at-last-fcc-oppos
es-comcast-p2p-throttling.html

 

It's set to be vote on officially next Friday.  This is a disturbing
decision if it implies that ISPs will no longer be allowed to control P2P
traffic flow originating from their own customers on their own networks.

 

Regards,

Larry Yunker

Network Consultant

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