ISPs slowing P2P traffic...

Phil Regnauld regnauld at catpipe.net
Wed Jan 16 12:56:31 UTC 2008


Stephane Bortzmeyer (bortzmeyer) writes:
> 
> > that appears on most packaged foods in the States, that ISPs put on
> > their Web sites and advertisements. I'm willing to disclose that we
> > block certain ports [...]
> 
> As a consumer, I would say YES. And FCC should mandates it.

	... and if the FCC doesn't mandate it, maybe we'll see some
	self-labelling, just like the some food producers have been
	doing in a few countries ("this doesn't contain preservatives")
	in the absence of formal regulation.

> Practically speaking, you may find the RFC 4084 "Terminology for
> Describing Internet Connectivity" interesting:

	Agreed.  Something describing Internet service, and breaking it
	down into "essential components" such as:

	- end-to-end IP (NAT/NO NAT)
	- IPv6 availability (Y/N/timeline)
	- transparent HTTP redirection or not
	- DNS catchall or not
	- possibilities to enable/disable and cost
	- port filtering/throttling if any (P2P, SIP, ...)
	- respect of evil bit	



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