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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, especially >on the heels of the Brand X SCOTUS ruling. > >"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?" > >http://www.forbes.com/technology/2005/06/28/voip-cable-blocked-cx_de_0628voip.html > >- ferg Harold Willison, my peer and Director of HSI Transport, Design, and Engineering at Adelphia, explains exactly why that would not be a fantastic idea, in the following article: http://www.ct-magazine.com/archives/ct/0605/0605_internetprotocol.htm -MH W. Mark Herrick, Jr. Director - Data and Network Security - Adelphia Communications 5619 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 |