Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
Jeff Pulver makes a good point in a Forbes article when he says I believe it's a matter of when, not if providers start blocking VoIP traffic from competitors across their own infrastructure, especially on the heels of the Brand X SCOTUS ruling. If I'm a service provider offering my own voice

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread W. Mark Herrick, Jr.
At 02:06 PM 6/28/2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: Jeff Pulver makes a good point in a Forbes article when he says I believe it's a matter of when, not if providers start blocking VoIP traffic from competitors across their own infrastructure, especially on the heels of the Brand X SCOTUS

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
I tend to agree with Mr. Willison. ;-) - ferg -- W. Mark Herrick, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff Pulver makes a good point in a Forbes article when he says I believe it's a matter of when, not if providers start blocking VoIP traffic from competitors across their own infrastructure,

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Frank Coluccio
I commented independently concerning the same issue just a little while ago, at:http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=21457409re: The question may now become if consumer can order Vonage, 8x8, ... VoIP service, riding the cable Internet service.---begin snip:Agreed, that is a major

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Sean Donelan
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote: Jeff Pulver makes a good point in a Forbes article when he says I believe it's a matter of when, not if providers start blocking VoIP traffic from competitors across their own infrastructure, especially on the heels of the Brand X SCOTUS

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
When people start to talk about blocking, just say no. It took our politicians in Sweden approx one month to start trying to extend the child porn filtering some large ISPs agreed to implement, to also include trafficking and prostitution advertising. -- Mikael Abrahamssonemail: [EMAIL

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Christopher L. Morrow
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: When people start to talk about blocking, just say no. It took our politicians in Sweden approx one month to start trying to extend the child porn filtering some large ISPs agreed to implement, to also include trafficking and prostitution

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:51:08PM -0500, Frank Coluccio wrote: I commented independently concerning the same issue just a little while ago, at: http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=21457409 re: The question may now become if consumer can order

Re: Brand X decision could mean widespread VoIP blocking

2005-06-28 Thread Aaron Glenn
On 6/28/05, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I'm a service provider offering my own voice over broadband offering, and I've got the ability to block my competition, why not? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Vonage can't give their packets a high priority over a