Alan, This is true. I guess my point is times are changing. The DMCA was introduced around 2000 or 2002? Anyway don't ISPS have to post in the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) or in a DMCA statement / policy some legal warning? Just like that upstream providers are going to start putting the screws on problem network links. Or legislation will put the screws on the ISPS to do the filtering, blocking, rate limiting, and or blocking of end uses access.
I don't think Qwest or Verizon would provide SS7 access for a VoIP PBX replacement. There is no need for it. I would think the same goes for some types of out going traffic from DSL / Cable Modem / Wireless network access. Now things get interesting with NATing lots of machines behind a router or firewall. I'm kinda sticking to my guns on this one due to a certain VoIP client that likes to route traffic though your Internet connection. I can't just cut off my users. That company just published a new client with Windows GPO hooks to control the default behave of the client (Opting out). I am of the option that the feature in question. Should be a normal configuration option. With out messing around with GPO settings in a non AD environment or on the Linux client, Or ISPS could filter or rate limit the connections that client uses. That way you don't have N number of customers leaving that client running and routing thousands of call though your network. Unless you want to pay the extra bandwidth costs for allowing your customers to participate in that P2P network. In the end this really only applies to business networks and or business polices. I'm sure as other RTP protocols ( As I have said before ) become more common place. You will start to see problems and have to enforce polices on said traffic to and from your gateway or upstream provider. My $0.02. -Miller On 2/14/07, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you look at the PSTN network if your causing problems. You will be > blocked. If you are causing signaling problems ( on the SS7 network > links ) you will be dropped. Problems on the PST are very far and > few. That's because telcos have a legal obligation to make it that way. ISPs have no such restriction (other than the contract you've negotiated). -ajb _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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