Allow me to clarify, then.
As an example, suppose at home, I have a line from ISP A, and make VOIP calls using VOIP Company B.
Suppose I call someone who uses a line from ISP C. ISP C also runs a VOIP Company D. It's almost uninteligible because ISP C has throttled the bandwidth on their network available to VOIP Company B to almost nothing.
However, if I were to use VOIP Company D, my call goes through crystal clear because there are no limitations on their bandwidth.
Nothing has changed on my end. Nothing has changed on their end. I'm trying to use the same type of service. But since I'm now paying VOIP Company D for the service (and indirectly, ISP C), they'll let my data through.
As the practice spreads, I have to pay a subscription fee to every VOIP/ISP pairing if I want to be able to talk to someone who's not on an ISP I'm already paying.
And if my ISP ever implements a throttling on other VOIP companies, I get cut off from all the others, with no way of talking to people on other ISPs because no ISP will let another ISP's VOIP data through their network.
I want language to prevent this "we own these roads, so you can only drive on them in our cars" kind of network segmentation.------------
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Honou Productions.
As an example, suppose at home, I have a line from ISP A, and make VOIP calls using VOIP Company B.
Suppose I call someone who uses a line from ISP C. ISP C also runs a VOIP Company D. It's almost uninteligible because ISP C has throttled the bandwidth on their network available to VOIP Company B to almost nothing.
However, if I were to use VOIP Company D, my call goes through crystal clear because there are no limitations on their bandwidth.
Nothing has changed on my end. Nothing has changed on their end. I'm trying to use the same type of service. But since I'm now paying VOIP Company D for the service (and indirectly, ISP C), they'll let my data through.
As the practice spreads, I have to pay a subscription fee to every VOIP/ISP pairing if I want to be able to talk to someone who's not on an ISP I'm already paying.
And if my ISP ever implements a throttling on other VOIP companies, I get cut off from all the others, with no way of talking to people on other ISPs because no ISP will let another ISP's VOIP data through their network.
I want language to prevent this "we own these roads, so you can only drive on them in our cars" kind of network segmentation.------------
Honou Productions
------------
Honou Productions.