The "Net Neutrality War" comes to Canada.

[Mark Lane]

On 11/4/06, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 12:50:16AM -0500, Jason Carson wrote:
> >> I just wrote my MP and told him I support net neutrality.
> >
> > Too bad net neutrality kills a bunch of neat applications for the
> > internet, like streaming video, VoIP, and many others.  ToS is part of
> > the internet, although not often used that much.  True net neutrality
> > means ToS can never be used for anything.
>
> Don't confuse net neutrality with quality of service.  For example  an
> ISP might charge more for better voice over IP performance.  Provided
> that charge applied equally to all VoIP suppliers, that might be
> acceptable.  However, if an ISP favours their VoIP over a competitor's
> then there's a problem.
>

The cable companies already do that by providing a separate frequency
band for their own VoIP networks. Sure they offer an QoS filtering
option for other providers but that can't compare to it own service
which doesn't share bandwidth with the internet feed.

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Mark Lane, CET <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
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