[Asterisk-Users] Article on Slashdot

[Kris Edwards]

I completely agree.  I can't wait for the next big end user bandwidth
boost.  I predict an "Asterisk for Dummies" book when it happens.



snacktime wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:19:19 -0500, Kris Edwards <krisedwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>How ISPs May Quietly Kill VoIP
>>Communications
>>Posted by Zonk on Friday March 18, @10:59PM
>>from the poor-kids-never-had-a-chance dept.
>>ravenII writes "PBS's i'Cringley's informative piece gives an
>>eye-opening look at the anticompetitive behavior of some ISPs who are
>>showing up late to the VoIP game. This is not something that could be
>>easily mandated, and the beauty of this approach is that they're not
>>explicitly doing anything to the 3rd party service applications. They're
>>just identifying and tagging their own services, which is within their
>>rights."
> 
> 
> One major flaw I see with his logic is that in order to degrade the
> traffic enough to have an effect on voip, a provider has to degrade
> all the traffic, and they aren't going to do that.  The other one is
> that congestion is less and less of an issue.  The backbone is not
> clogged with traffic, it's got excess capacity all over the place at
> least in the US.  Bandwidth will only get cheaper, the pipes fatter,
> and the quality better.  All of which work against this theory.
> 
> Then again, maybe this time the sky really is falling...
> 
> Chris
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