[governance] Re: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 06:43:18PM -0400,
 Avri Doria <avri at psg.com> wrote 
 a message of 44 lines which said:

> what happens i wonder if they start to sell a cheaper level of
> service that includes the right for them to limit traffic they
> consider detrimental to the business model

In the real Comcast case, they did not even confirm the trick against
BitTorrent, although it widely reported, with detailed
observations. If an access provider were honest about these policies,
it would already be a step in the right direction.

> - sometimes i think they have a right to sell me anything and if i
> am stupid enough to buy, my loss.

As long as they document it, following RFC 4084.

4084 Terminology for Describing Internet Connectivity. J. Klensin. May
     2005. (Format: TXT=24522 bytes) (Also BCP0104) (Status: BEST CURRENT
     PRACTICE)
http://www.ietf.org/4084.txt

AFAIK, not one of the access providers which sell some form of
"limited Internet" abide by the RFC 4084. Transparency should not only
be for ICANN, but also for the access providers.
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