The California power situation was not caused by deregulation of the power companines, it was caused becuase portions of the power distribution network were not deregulated. If the the powercompanies like SCE could have raised rates to match what they were having to pay there would not have been any rolling blackouts and consumers would have started to conserve engery.
The governement should not regulate the telecoms more, the should regulate the local loop more, to pave the way for access to big telco competitors.
Your assuming that the 'port' concept is universal to all protocols above the IP layer. There is much more than just TCP and UDP traffic flying around.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/
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The California power situation was not caused by deregulation of the power companines, it was caused becuase portions of the power distribution network were not deregulated. If the the powercompanies like SCE could have raised rates to match what they were having to pay there would not have been any rolling blackouts and consumers would have started to conserve engery. The governement should not regulate the telecoms more, the should regulate the local loop more, to pave the way for access to big telco competitors.
Your assuming that the 'port' concept is universal to all protocols above the IP layer. There is much more than just TCP and UDP traffic flying around. http://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/
Wow, thats funny. The only Microsft product I like is their keyboard. They messed it up though with the newer models, too may wierd buttons.