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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Legal or not ( it is not federally illegal
at this point, it may be in some states ) isp’s in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> most definitely
do block and degrade sip traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is a good point to note for those in the
US, the telecom bill is still stuck in conference committee, time to call your senators
and congressmen and tell them how important it is to have net neutrality legislation
included in that bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The key players in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Two committees have primary jurisdiction over media policy and will
write the first drafts of any new Telecom Act: the <a
href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/">House Energy & Commerce Committee</a>
and the <a href="http://commerce.senate.gov/">Senate Committee on Comerce,
Science and Transportation</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Key members shaping the Telecom Act in the House include Chairman Joe
Barton (R-Texas), ranking member Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.),
Telecommunications and Internet Subcomittee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>In the Senate, any telecom legislation must cross the desk of Chairman
Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). The ranking Democrat is Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii).
Other Senators likely involved in drafting the new Telecom Act will include
Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Gordon Smith (R-Ore.),
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Frank
Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>(this information extracted from: <a
href="http://www.freepress.net/telecom/=players#Congress">http://www.freepress.net/telecom/=players#Congress</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=body><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Much of this can and will change in January with the entrance of the
democratic control of the house and senate, it is still unclear if this will or
will not get resolved before then.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Some links for your reading pleasure:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://www.freepress.net/telecom/">http://www.freepress.net/telecom/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a href="http://saveaccess.org/node/96">http://saveaccess.org/node/96</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=node/1882">http://www.benton.org/index.php?q=node/1882</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Mike<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mike Hammett<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 15, 2006
2:28 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Commercial and Business-Oriented
Asterisk Discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [asterisk-biz]
Iptables rule help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Not a technical answer, but what country are you in?
Your ISP can't block SIP in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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