[governance] Re: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

[carlos a. afonso]

Milton, they should not "handle" packets. The carriers should just let
them pass, like cars in a highway... :)

--c.a.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Milton L Mueller" <mueller at syr.edu>
To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, "Stephane Bortzmeyer"
<bortzmeyer at internatif.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:11:13 -0400
Subject: RE: [governance] Re: Comcast Blocks Some Internet Traffic

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephane Bortzmeyer [mailto:bortzmeyer at internatif.org]
> > 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.
> 
> Right, so the "crime" is anticompetitive behavior, not QoS or
> bandwidth management per se. The problem with a lot of the looser NN
> talk is that it confuses a desirable policy outcome (open, neutral
> access) with a fixed technical mechanism for handling packets. We may
> want to tell carriers they cannot engage in activities that block or
> degrade independent digital goods and service providers. We do not
> want to tell them that they must always handle all packets in exactly
> the same way. 
> 
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