In all fairness... This thread is not about whether it is right or wrong to
block p2p. We probably all agree how harmful p2p traffic can be.
Its essential to try and block it.
The unsure part is.... What is an ethical way to block it.
An ISP may have the right to define what goes accross its network, but an
ISP does not have the right to re-write the constitution or federal law, on
their own.
And Competition laws, Privacy laws, Consumer Laws, and Identity Laws are
things that exist. Just like Calea... the issue is "privacy" not
necessarilly whether we feel its god or bad to help our country's law
enforcement. It will be interesting to see how these topics play out. But
more so how large providers will hide behind these excuses "Protecting the
Performance of their network" to leverage their way around Network
Neutrality issues, for their competitive advantage.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Look how ComCast deals with P2P
Scottie Arnett wrote:
Forgot to mention...if BT clients would not come with deafult connections
set at 500 to 1000, I might allow it to. That is where it kills our
equipment...the connections, not the bandwidth.
Concur, and THAT is why I limit p2p traffic on my network.
Frankly, I couldn't care less what my customers are downloading, only how
they're downloading it.
We all know that some really big percentage of p2p traffic is the sharing
of copyrighted material that may be illegal to share, but saying that's
the reason for throttling p2p traffic is probably pretty thorny, from a
legal standpoint. Explaining it in technical terms (all these connections
kills the tower and annoys other users) is safer, and as a bonus is
completely true. It's actually more effective on many of my customers, who
suddenly realize that the folks being affected by their selfish p2p
downloads are friends and neighbors. Psychology, used correctly, can be
just as effective as a Packeteer.
David Smith
MVN.net
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