X_Digit
Binary Enhanced
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join:2003-06-12
Mansfield, TX
| Vonage... the new bullied kid on the block!
I swear, what is it with other companies doing ALL they can... and clearly going OUT OF THEIR WAY to hinder Vonage's success?
Who's going to be next in line to either throttle their services, or cut them off completely? It's just very sad!
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Respectfully, X_Digit |
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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| This would probably be inefficient but if crap like this continues, high speed connections would be more free if the last mile was served as a physical layer (i.e. you get 1mhz on which to modulate any given data-link layer). When you buy the link, you terminate it to one of many ISPs. On top of this data link layer, the ISP and you run IP as the network layer.
Assuming there would be many ISPs capable of acting as end points and the first hop to the Internet, it would eliminate this monopolistic last-mile provider blocking crap. Of course they could always introduce static on the signal just to screw with you but...
This takes us back to the days of modems when that phone line was simply signal width connected to an endpoint, on which data was modulated. Wasteful but it's much harder for the monopolistic phone company to screw you.
I prefer the system we have. Perhaps legislation is needed to define what constitutes high-speed IP connections or is there already legislation like this on the books? |
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