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Re: Fwd: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Fri Nov 11 12:18:10 2005
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:17:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <0BF15955-8585-4DCC-B712-2ED49162B06E@cookreport.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Gordon Cook wrote:
> Please note also Vint's remark:
> > If ISPs were to inspect packets and interfere with those of
> > competing application providers (voice, video), I would consider
> > that a violation of the principle of network neutrality.
Would packet classification and per-hop queuing of different DSCP classes
be considered "interference" in this world? What if a VOIP provider
didn't want to pay for its packets to go in an EF queue, so the network
processed the packets in the normal queue, is that a violation of your
principles?
