http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2010/06/ofcom-opens-debate-on-net-neutrality/
Ofcom today published a discussion paper on the practice of internet traffic
management – a technique used by network operators and internet service
providers (ISPs) to stem or accelerate the flow of traffic over the
Glyn Wintle wrote:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2010/06/ofcom-opens-debate-on-net-neutrality/
What is net neutrality?
Net neutrality is a concept based on the internet being a level playing field
for internet traffic. There are several definitions, but all share a concern
that traffic
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:13, Ian Stirling backstage...@mauve.plus.com wrote:
Proritising classes of traffic can be less bad than the alternatives.
No, they're a bloody stupid way of doing it.
By all means, offer it as an option for those users who don't know how
to configure
Mo McRoberts wrote:
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:13, Ian Stirling backstage...@mauve.plus.com wrote:
Proritising classes of traffic can be less bad than the alternatives.
No, they're a bloody stupid way of doing it.
And other possible alternatives.
What, you mean like the sensible one?
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:48, Ian Stirling backstage...@mauve.plus.com wrote:
Regrettably, most people do not know how to setup QOS.
yes, which is why I accounted for that right at the beginning of my e-mail...
Are you seriously arguing that everyone should have a deep understanding of
QOS,
Of course bandwidth is free ... (Just confirming peoples suspicions
about my sanity).
The only thing that isn't free, is widely regarded as free, but then
that might become a philosophical discussion. And property rights
confuse the issue.
You get huge amounts of free extra bandwidth when
Brian Butterworth wrote:
So, is this the privatization of approval?
We do seem to have swapped from having got rid of the /PostMaster
General/ and the/ Lord Chamberlain/ to having /Record Company Executives
/decide what's/ good for us./
Yes, the politicians think, that if they use the law
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