Re: Vonage Hits ISP Resistance

[Bill Nash <billn () billn net>]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Eric A. Hall wrote:

> | to bear the additional cost of my customers choosing to use a
> | competitor's VOIP service over my own, says Greg Boehnlein, who
> | operates Cleveland, Ohio-based ISP N2Net.
> |
> | Without control of the last mile, we're screwed, Boehnlein says,
> | which is why I can identify with Clearwire's decision and say
> | more power to them.
>
> Do you also block NNTP so that customers have to use your servers?
>
> And if some other service used higher cumulative bandwidth than VoIP (say,
> Apple's music service) and didn't ~reimburse you for the use of your
> network, would|do you block that service too? For that matter, do you
> block the various P2P systems that don't make money but that generate
> massive traffic?

I find this to be entertaining, since as a VOIP consumer, I'm reimbursing 
my ISP for the cost of the traffic as part of my monthly tithe. Why 
exactly are networks taking this stance to QoS VOIP traffic, generated by 
their customers, into uselessness?

This will all be especially hysterical when it's done by an ISP that 
comprises 100% of it's local market's internet connectivity. Munn vs. 
Illinois, round 2!

- billn