Whatever. No-one's actually trying to do "some packets are more equal than others" here in Europe, except for the mobile people with IMS and such. BT just transferred its access network into a new division with a specific remit to provide open access to all ISPs and alt- tels who want it.
It's in the US that the RBOCs and cablesters are actually doing this. On 1/20/06, Per Heldal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 23:44:59 +0000, "Paul Vixie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > proving once again that "peering ratios" only matter if the other guy's > > customers can live without your "assymetric" content, here are two > > articles > > i saw today via slashdot. what's interesting to me is whether bellsouth > > will be sued some time later by some other content provider for > > de-peering > > them without also having applied the same rules to google. note, this > > isn't > > a bellsouth-specific rant, they just happen to be mentioned in today's > > story. > > Carriers trying to charge content-providers for access to their > network/customers is just part of a greater picture. The telco industry > is fighting to re-establish their dominant position. Traditionally > they've been able to pocket (extort) a large portion of the revenue for > 3rd-party PSTN services (content services) themselves. Over the last > decade they've gained control of the ISP-industry and noe they want to > achieve the same level of control of the internet. The most conservative > are even suggesting to remove internet-governance from the public > domain. The European telecoms industry is openly urging the UN to take > control of ICANN's role. In the process they are trying to place the > functions of IANA and IETF in their belowed ITU. Their ultimate goal is > to eliminate IP as a product, to be able to sell access to sub-protocols > as individual services. > > //per > -- > Per Heldal > http://heldal.eml.cc/ > >