I can see it now. We will soon be charging for termination and
origination of IP traffic on networks. Just like long distance phone
calls used to be. Yay....kill me now.
Scriv
Frank Muto wrote:
Just passing on some information that may be of interest to anyone.
Entitlement vs. laws, and a company's TOS/AUP I'm sure are all involved in
one form or another, as with anything else concerning the use of a network
to access the Internet or other service.
As far as I am concerned, this whole Internet and who controls (owns) it, is
just getting dumber and dumber by the minute. Congress, the FCC, state and
local governments, special interest groups, the Bell's, xLEC's etc, etc,
etc., can all suck eggs.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Scrivner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Frank,
I have a problem with the second item listed on the challenge myself. It
states:
2) Consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their
choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement
<http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/Calea.htm>;
I do not allow my broadband subscribers to use their connection for
applications or services which act as a server or daemon for delivering
content to others. Broadband networks are not designed to be content
delivery networks from the customer end generally. In the case of
wireless broadband access, customers can cause network problems if they
allow thousands of open ports to a popular file download. I have seen
this many times and I have provisions in my AUP which allow me to turn
customers off who cause network problems from trying to use broadband as
a content delivery mechanism. I welcome other thoughts but I believe we
need to have the ability to stop abuses of a network which can cause us
problems. With that said I agree that there needs to be some commitment
from operators to allow access to their networks for free and open
competition. I just do not agree that there can be no limits to what we
can or cannot allow on the network. Especially when some things can harm
network functionality.
John Scrivner
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