[ NNSquad ] Re: Richard Bennett on Comcast and Fairness (from IP)

[Wes Felter <wesley@felter.org>]

On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Barry Gold wrote:
> But even if the "excessive" user _were_ "blocking the line to  
> the...buffet" (presumably by filling the local loop up with his  
> packets), dropping packets is a useful solution.  The ISP can (or  
> should be able to) program the cable modem to drop the packets  
> before they ever get on the local loop -- right there in the user's  
> house/apartment/business.

Supposedly, cable modems that exist today cannot do this. So if ISPs  
*cannot* do the right thing, what should they do?

Wes Felter - wesley@felter.org - http://felter.org/wesley/