[governance] Re: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 07:16:31PM -0400,
 Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote 
 a message of 39 lines which said:

> Is the diffserv protocol of the IETF, a violation of net neutrality?
> Is any use of QoS inherently bad?

The diffserv protocol is a _tool_. As most tools, it can be used for a
lot of different things, some being bad. If its purpose is to reduce
my SIP bandwidth because my provider finds it endangers its selling of
traditional telephone services, yes, it is a violation of net
neutrality.

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