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  1. Comment - New legislation could lead to ISP throttling ban

    (Feb 15, 2008 - 11:42 AM)

    Quick law is usually bad law. Look at the Patriot Act.

  2. Comment - New legislation could lead to ISP throttling ban

    (Feb 15, 2008 - 11:40 AM)

    ISPS and corporations all need to monitor and manage end users using their bandwidth to ensure reliability and adequate performance for all. I even sell devices to help do this. You don't want non-real time traffic, like FTP downloads, to swamp out real time traffic like video conferences. You also don't want a single user to degrade the performance of many other users. Intelligent traffic engineering is a good idea and we should encourage it. Even outright blocks should be encouraged. To avoid the proliferation of spam, ISPs are encouraged to block outbound SMTP (mail) port 25 traffic on their networks except through authorized servers. That way, they can easily track outbound mail and quarantine end user machines that have been infected with mailing programs that would unnecessarily tie up bandwidth and hinder other people's ability to enjoy their uninfected connections.