<snip> performance to their VOIP servers over our network. Think about it, do you think I'm going to allow the same performance to our competitive VOIP provider as I do to our own VOIP services? By getting us to be a Partner for
them, we'd optimize them for our own benefit, and indirectly Comm Parnters would guarantee that our network </snip> Not that I'm trying to start anything...but this is pretty dangerous ground to tread on If you think about it, an argument can be made that preference of one's own traffic (or depreffing competition traffic) is not that much different than FCC fines telco for VoIP Port Blocking http://informationweek.smallbizpipeline.com/60405214 SBC Says "Google should pay to use our network" http://techdirt.com/articles/20051031/0354228_F.shtml In a larger context, it may come down to a strategy of providing "big dumb pipes" (like what the phone companies have done) or becoming end-to-end connectivity/content companies (like what the cable-cos have done) -Charles ------------------------------------------- CWLab Technology Architects http://www.cwlab.com -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
