Vonage Hits ISP Resistance

Thu Mar 31 15:52:46 UTC 2005

Once upon a time, Jamie Norwood <jamie.norwood at gmail.com> said:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:36:19 -0600, Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net> wrote:
> > Once upon a time, Eric A. Hall <ehall at ehsco.com> said:
> > > Do you also block NNTP so that customers have to use your servers?
> > 
> > Change that to SMTP and you'll get a bunch of "yes" answers.  Why is one
> > right and the other wrong?
> 
> Heard of a little thing called 'spam'?

Heard of a little thing called a 'rhetorical question'?

Who decides that it is okay for ISPs to block SMTP and not okay for them
to block VoIP?  If it is okay to block SMTP because "people do bad
things" (i.e. spam), how long will it be before RIAA/MPAA/etc. demand
ISPs block P2P programs for the same reason?  If the a government gets
involved and says it is illegal for ISPs to block VoIP, how long before
a spammer tries to use the same ruling to say it is illegal to block
SMTP?

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.