Fwd: [Arch-econ] Vint an interview you did with me in 1997 is being quoted on Nanog as reason to support the current so callednet neutrality bill

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Fri Nov 11 17:17:32 UTC 2005


On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Gordon Cook wrote:
> Please note also Vint's remark:
> > If ISPs were to inspect packets and interfere with those of
> > competing application providers (voice, video), I would consider
> > that a violation of the principle of network neutrality.

Would packet classification and per-hop queuing of different DSCP classes
be considered "interference" in this world?  What if a VOIP provider
didn't want to pay for its packets to go in an EF queue, so the network
processed the packets in the normal queue, is that a violation of your
principles?




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