This really isn't a surprise. There's been a lot of talk lately about ISPs using traffic/packet shaping. There are now commercial routers manufactured to do this automatically.
The question was asked, "I'm wondering what purpose it would serve the ISP. Did they do this to try to block P2P? If it's a conscious decision meant to block access in certain ways, sounds like corporate censorship." It's a matter of controlling bandwidth, plain and simple. P2P and media eat up massive amounts of providers' bandwith so they are actively targeting packets being used for that purpose along with VoIP. This goes hand in hand with the new attempts by Verizon to create a 2-tier Internet. They want to double-dip fees from you and high-bandwith services by attempting to charge on either end. It hasn't happened yet but they've made their intentions known quite clearly. They want to sell you a second tier of Internet access for VoIP, and streaming audio and video usage while, at the same time, informing Google, Vonage and others that they will have to pay fees to them for priority access into their networks. -- avaloncourt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ avaloncourt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24388 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
