Re: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries -- MIDRANGE-L

What happens if a big provider objects to a particular web site content?>

It's already happened. AOL has been accused of blocking emails critical ofsome of their practices.

There are more examples.

I have no problem with fees related to volume. I do have a problem withcritical infrastructure built often with public funding and right of way, nolonger required to serve the public in an neutral way.

How does small business survive if big business owns the internet?
jim

----- Original Message -----From: "Luis Rodriguez" <luisrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To: "Midrange" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries

"...So it may not be a bad thing..."

I wonder. Wouldn't big users (ATT, IBM, MS) be able to pay such a
premium that SMBs would have a hard time trying to get a good service?

Also, one of the big points about the web is its "same access for all"
principle, which makes it a very democratic tool. What happens if a big
provider objects to a particular web site content? Would it have so very
low priority as being unusable? This opens a whole new pandora box.

My 0.2 cents...

Regards

Luis Rodriguez

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date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:18:59 -0400
from: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries

I'm not following this debate, so I may be off my rocker (shut up Joe.
<G>) but I would expect that this would also allow the carriers to honor
Quality-of-service indicators and throttle non-latency-effected
protocols (like SMTP, FTP and HTTP) in favor of protocols that need low
latency like VoIP and video conferencing. So it may not be a bad thing.

-Walden

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date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:39:03 -0400
from: "Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: business traffic via internet from/to iSeries

Has anyone followed the "network neutrality" debate at the FCC and US
Congress?
They are debating a law to end "network neutrality" on the internet,
allowing large providers (AT&T, Verizon, etc) the ability to prioritize
traffic (or possibly even block traffic).
If this goes thru, what will happen to all the ftp and http traffic we
send and receive daily?
Will we be forced to pay for a high enough priority to continue decent
One of my customer's got a MoveOn.org email today on this and
they asked what it will do to all the ftp & http traffic we run.
Jim Franz

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Luis Rodriguez
IBM Certified Systems Expert
eServer i5 iSeries Technical Solutions
Caracas, Venezuela

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