http://bennettblog.disqus.com/Networking technology and policyenMon, 22 May 2006 06:53:52 -0000http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/hardware-firms-speak-truth-to-hysteria/#comment-2134087<p>Not really. Google has a private, unregulated network with server farms located very close to the last mile. Their video download service is capable of generating enough traffic to kill anybody's VoIP but theirs, and with the legislation they're pushing the ISPs would be powerless to manage Google's video traffic. A switch like Cisco's is going to be necessary to actually restore any semblance of Internet equality.</p>Richard BennettMon, 22 May 2006 06:53:52 -0000http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/hardware-firms-speak-truth-to-hysteria/#comment-2134086<p>Gee, that's surprising. I wonder what kind of hardware they're selling to the carriers?</p><p>Could it be the Cisco Service Exchange Framework, for which the marketing literature almost comes out and giggles over the ability to rein in third-party content providers (Google, eBay, whatever)?</p><p>Given the carriers' history, handing them Cisco SEF without strong FCC enforcement power is a really, really bad idea.</p>directorblueMon, 22 May 2006 06:31:25 -0000http://bennett.com/blog/2006/05/hardware-firms-speak-truth-to-hysteria/#comment-2134085<p>I like the second part of the quote too...<i>“Legislating in the absence of real understanding of the issue risks both solving the wrong problem and <b>hobbling the rapidly developing new technologies and business models of the Internet with rigid, potentially stultifying rules.”</b></i></p>calamityjaneSun, 21 May 2006 12:25:09 -0000