[opendtv] Re: FCC issues net neutrality rules in face of Congress and carriers
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:13:56 -0700
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 7:22 AM, John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On the other hand, Kon, and I am not advocating this position, but simply
> repeating an argument I've heard, is an analogy with the package delivery
> service FedEx.
That analogy is completely incorrect.
> Why shouldn't ISPs also be able to tier their service based on how much the
> customer is willing to pay and how important their packets are to them?
Because the customer pays a flat rate for access. They already tier
it, and they already cap it. Now they want to make more money by
filtering what you can and can not see.
> This is already beginning to be an issue in the commodity internet with the
> widespread use of VoIP and videoconferencing. The internet standard is
> already designed to give priority to certain packets through QoS. It is a
> matter of how (or if) QoS gets implemented among ISPs.
Most ISPs already QoS VOIP. But these are internet packets. The trick
I used to use on some ISPs was to tunnel my SSH sessions over their
allocated VOIP port range. Not sure how many run DPI to catch this
these days but I doubt there are many.
Cheers
Kon
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