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Re: A Service Message From FreeConference.com
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:41:05 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: "John S. Quarterman" <jsq () quarterman org> Date: March 17, 2007 11:46:25 AM EDT To: dave () farber net, Jim Thompson <jim () netgate com> Cc: "John S. Quarterman" <jsq () quarterman org> Subject: Re: [IP] Re: A Service Message From FreeConference.com (For IP, if you like.)
It would be best if FreeConference would provide some 'test' number.
PennPIRG claims to have confirmed blocking by trying test numbers: http://pennpirg.org/PA.asp?id2=31481
Paul Kapustka posted posted something on GigaOM about this yesterday: http://gigaom.com/2007/03/15/cingular-qwest-blocking-free-calls/ More background: http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/iowa-telcos-att-owes-12-million/ http://gigaom.com/2007/02/07/atts-free-call-bill-2-million/ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/ 0,2777,DRMN_23910_5371999,00.html Note how Qwest attempts to tie FreeConference to sex chats and "'untoward' and 'inappropriate"'traffic on its network". Gee, what happened to common carriage?
And note the part about: 'AT&T spokesperson Mark Siegel said the company is blocking “certain numbers” for conferecing services, including FreeConferece.com’s, an action it feels appropriate under its wireless terms of service agreements. AT&T’s wireless service, he said, is for calls “between one person and another person, not between one person and many.”' I've used your links in a blog post that attempts to draw out some of the threads: http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2007/03/more_telcos_blo.html In particular, what happens on a non-neutral Internet when these same telcos decide some service has "inappropriate" traffic, or too many participants?
jim
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