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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: ISPs slowing P2P traffic...
They're not the only ones getting ready. There are at least 5 anonymous P2P file sharing networks that use RSA or Diffie-Hellman key exchange to seed AES/Rijndael encryption at up to 256 bits. See: I'm certain of this. First adopters are always ahead of the curve. The question is when a "quality of service" (little Q) -- the purported "improving the surfing experience for the rest of our users" is the stated reason.... They (whatever provider is taking a position) should transparently state their policies and enforcement mechanisms. They shouldn't be selectively prioritizing traffic based on their perception of its purpose. The standard of reasonableness would be where the net functions better... such as dropping ICMPs or attack traffic in favor of traffic with a higher signal-to-noise ratio (e.g. TCP). As opposed to whose traffic can we drop that is the least likely to result in a complaint or cancellation... The reason I consider this invalid, is because its a kissing-cousin to "whose traffic can we penalize that we can later charge access to as a /premium service/"? I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but basically if everyone got the 10mb/s service they believe they got when they ordered their connection, there would be no place to pay for "higher priority" service to Youtube or what-have-you -- except when you want more than 10mb/s service. I think the important trial of DirectTVs VoD service over the Internet is going to be an awesome test case of this in real life. It may save them from me cancelling my DirectTV subscription just to see how Verizon FIOS handle the video streams. :) DJ
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