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Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:35:31 GMT
I tend to agree with Mr. Willison. ;-) - ferg -- "W. Mark Herrick, Jr." <mark.herrick () adelphia com> wrote:
Jeff Pulver makes a good point in a Forbes article when he says "I believe it's a matter of when, not if" providers start blocking VoIP traffic from competitors across their own infrastructure, especially on the heels of the Brand X SCOTUS ruling. "If I'm a service provider offering my own voice over broadband offering, and I've got the ability to block my competition, why not?" http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/28/voip-cable-blocked-cx_de_0628voip.html - ferg
Harold Willison, my peer and Director of HSI Transport, Design, and Engineering at Adelphia, explains exactly why that would not be a fantastic idea, in the following article: http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/0605/0605_internetprotocol.htm -MH W. Mark Herrick, Jr. Director - Data and Network Security - Adelphia Communications 5619 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
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- Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Fergie (Paul Ferguson) (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking W. Mark Herrick, Jr. (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Sean Donelan (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Mikael Abrahamsson (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Christopher L. Morrow (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Mikael Abrahamsson (Jun 28)
- Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking Aaron Glenn (Jun 28)
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