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Isn't this just another way to force some users to pay a premium price for a current free service? -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Luis Rodriguez Sent: 21 April 2006 14:30 To: Midrange Subject: Re: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries "...So it may not be a bad thing..." I wonder. Wouldn't big users (ATT, IBM, MS) be able to pay such a premium that SMBs would have a hard time trying to get a good service? Also, one of the big points about the web is its "same access for all" principle, which makes it a very democratic tool. What happens if a big provider objects to a particular web site content? Would it have so very low priority as being unusable? This opens a whole new pandora box. My 0.2 cents... Regards Luis Rodriguez > message: 1 > > > ------------------------------ > > message: 2 > date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:18:59 -0400 > from: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > subject: RE: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries > > I'm not following this debate, so I may be off my rocker (shut up Joe. > <G>) but I would expect that this would also allow the carriers to > honor Quality-of-service indicators and throttle non-latency-effected > protocols (like SMTP, FTP and HTTP) in favor of protocols that need > low latency like VoIP and video conferencing. So it may not be a bad thing. > > -Walden > > -- > Walden H Leverich III > Tech Software > (516) 627-3800 x3051 > WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.TechSoftInc.com >> date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:39:03 -0400 >> from: "Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> subject: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries >> >> Has anyone followed the "network neutrality" debate at the FCC and US >> Congress? >> They are debating a law to end "network neutrality" on the internet, >> allowing large providers (AT&T, Verizon, etc) the ability to prioritize >> traffic (or possibly even block traffic). >> If this goes thru, what will happen to all the ftp and http traffic we >> send and receive daily? >> Will we be forced to pay for a high enough priority to continue decent >> One of my customer's got a MoveOn.org email today on this and >> they asked what it will do to all the ftp & http traffic we run. >> Jim Franz ---------------------------- Luis Rodriguez IBM Certified Systems Expert eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions Caracas, Venezuela
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