[79283] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Fri Apr 1 15:50:27 2005
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 15:46:41 -0500
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0503302354170.17593@sharpie.argfrp.us.uu.net>; from "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com> on Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:58:50PM +0000
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:58:50PM +0000, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> Given that, certainly some networks might choose to NOT transport VOIP or
> HTTP or BitTorennt across their networks. There are market reasons why
> this will, or could, eventually force them to re-evaluate their practices
> or face the consequences.
>
> I don't find it shocking at all that ISP-Y decides to block VOIP,
> especially if they have their own VOIP service offering. It might not be
> the BEST plan in the long run for them, but certainly it makes some sense
> to them... Just don't use their network(s), and complain to their support
> organization(s) about the failures on their networks.
I think the underlying issue here is the same one that it is when
Walmart sells a "sanitized" version of a song with Bad Words in it:
They don't *tell you* about it.
Disclosure is the real issue.
People tend to make assumptions about what "an Internet connection" can
do... some of which are compatible with the engineering and business
models of various carriers, and some of which aren't.
Cheers,
-- jra
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