Re: VoIP mangling

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 8/1/06, Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:
> >> A patent application from German company Infineon reveals a
> technology
> for deliberately interfering with internet telephony transmissions -
> or "voice over IP" (VoIP).
>
> A friend of mine who is a telecom analyst says "All the big vendors had
> stuff in their gear to selectively disable or degrade a competitor's
> VoIP service. I was at an Alcatel consultant liaison conference where
> some officer bragged how their box was a natural for telcos who wanted
> to screw cable operators and independent VoIP providers. That was three
> years ago. Infineon probably has a different way of doing it, hence
> patentable. Their clients must be telcos who never, ever like
> competition.
> This will build toward an anti-trust case in a few years if the industry
> has the guts to challenge these large companies."

Does this fit in with network neutrality?

If the ISP's win out this wouldnt be illegal then eh?

-JP
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