How ISPs May Quietly Kill VoIP

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."

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Robert X. Cringely is a sick, sick man

[pyrrhonist]

First he says:

establishes a virtual voice circuit to your girlfriend in Bulgaria so you can listen to each other's heavy breathing.

Then he says:

Your grandmother wouldn't understand. Or she might if she's Bulgarian.

Just what the hell is he suggesting here?

Re:It's going to be bad, in theory

[Barnoid]

now I'm just a conslutant on the Cisco side...

is that the female form of consultant? ;)

i can see the headlins now....

[teksno]

NEW CAUSE OF DEATH: LAG!!!

operator:"hello, 911 emergency."

random person being killed my a madman: "HE...... ......LP... .........me. my address i...(10 minutes later)lane. HEL...P ME.....pleas.....eeeeeeeeeee"

operator: "miss can you please repeat that."

R.P.B.K.B.M.M.: I SA.......

hours later police arive on the scene to find a psycho wearing our poor victams skin as a trendy new blazer. The coroner arrives shorlty there after and rules that the cause of death was none other then...LAG!!!

wow i guess gamers had it right all along. lag really does kill

Re:This indeed disproves the myth of capitalism

[BobPaul]

Running Linux is like owning a Lightsaber. It's "a more elegant weapon for a more civilized time."

And it cauterizes as it cuts off your arm...