[governance] Of Interest: Congestion Management FAQ from Cox

[Andrea Glorioso]

>>>>> "mctim" == McTim  <dogwallah at gmail.com> writes:

    > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Andrea Glorioso
    > <andrea at digitalpolicy.it> wrote:

    >> Well, to be fair, one can understand which application a
    >> particular packet "belongs to" simply by checking the TCP
    >> header (in particular, the destination ports which are usually
    >> fixed).
    >> 
    >> I would have some problems defining "ipso facto" this a "deep
    >> packet inspection" , as this would imply that many useful
    >> applications on the Internet (including, for example,
    >> transparent proxying, whether for the purpose of caching or
    >> not) become all at once "problematic".

    > Agreed, most packets are inspected en route to their
    > destination, so they CAN be routed.

However, contradicting myself, a quick glance at the list of "types of
traffic" in COX Frequently Asked Questions at
http://www.cox.com/policy/congestionmanagement/, there are at least a
couple of categories that do not at first glance lend themselves to
easy categorisation via shallow packet inspection (TCP destination
ports).

I guess a clarification from Cox might be useful.

Ciao,

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