I don't think that there's any harm in type-based traffic shaper per se. The big issue is whether those policies are applied uniformly to traffic from all providers or whether, say, AT&T or Time Warner are going to de-prioritise VOIP packets from Vonage in favour of their own VOIP service - thus utilising their position as network operators to hobble a rival's service in order to "persuade" users to switch to their identical (theoretically speaking, if not in quality or price) service.
And whether said network operators will be open about such policies or keep things under wraps. Woo.
Thoughts from Jeff Campbell of Cisco on the FTC's report can be seen here: http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/2007/06/ftc_gets_it_right_on_net_neutr.html
The Net Net on NN: "There is no reason to rush to impose burdensome Net Neutrality regulations in the broadband market. If there is one thing that we have learned from 70+ years of communications regulation, it is that regulation has significant costs and unintended consequences. The FTC clearly recognizes that government should react to actual problems, not hypothetical ones.
Any comments on the new FTC report?
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I don't think that there's any harm in type-based traffic shaper per se. The big issue is whether those policies are applied uniformly to traffic from all providers or whether, say, AT&T or Time Warner are going to de-prioritise VOIP packets from Vonage in favour of their own VOIP service - thus utilising their position as network operators to hobble a rival's service in order to "persuade" users to switch to their identical (theoretically speaking, if not in quality or price) service.
ReplyDeleteAnd whether said network operators will be open about such policies or keep things under wraps. Woo.
...which is pretty much what you said. :)
ReplyDeleteThoughts from Jeff Campbell of Cisco on the FTC's report can be seen here: http://blogs.cisco.com/gov/2007/06/ftc_gets_it_right_on_net_neutr.html
ReplyDeleteThe Net Net on NN: "There is no reason to rush to impose burdensome Net Neutrality regulations in the broadband market. If there is one thing that we have learned from 70+ years of communications regulation, it is that regulation has significant costs and unintended consequences. The FTC clearly recognizes that government should react to actual problems, not hypothetical ones.