Carriers Won't Block Your VoIP, They'll Just Screw It Up
from the gee-thanks dept
Some company gained themselves a decent amount of press last month by announcing they'd built an appliance for carriers and ISPs to block Skype, VoIP and other kinds of traffic on their networks. The concept really isn't new: ISPs are no strangers to things like port blocking, and their efforts to get people to use their services instead of competitors' (via whatever means necessary) for things like VoIP are intensifying. It's little surprise, then, that VoIP-blocking is a growing industry, and some other company's got a new product out that doesn't go as far as outright blocking voice traffic, it just messes with it enough to degrade call quality. It's an interesting take on network neutrality: we won't block your service, that would be wrong -- but we will make it unusable. This really isn't unprecedented. After all, at least one ISP has told VoIP providers they must get "certified" or else their service to any of the ISP's customers might get "inadvertently" cut off.
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meet the new Bell...
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"For just 34.95 per month upgrade to our premium VoIP DSL"
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Re: 911 and FCC
The company is also required to state that in their Terms of Service, because people are renting connectivity, speed and bandwidth. If its not stated they are breaking their own agreement.
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Re: 911 and FCC
Yes they can... ISPs DO NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW FCC RULES... Telecommunication companies DO have to follow FCC rules, which is why they where fined when they where blocking VoiP traffic on their network.
The FCC needs to step in and put an end to ISPs blocking ports and VoIP services.
For instance comcast blocks outbound port 25 over their network to stop spamers from sending spam off their network.
Companies like this could just as easily block what ever other ports they wanted to...
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Re: 911 and FCC
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/internet.html
Basicly it stats that the FCC does NOT regulate ISPs.
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Who Does It
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Pay for certification or else...
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Re: Who Does It
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RCN in Astoria, NY is blocking skype
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