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On 30/05/12 18:20, Grigori Saghyan wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dear Carlos, All,
My impression of ISOC position is, in general, following: If the
operator has different rules for different protocols - it is not the
Internet access, it is something other. Operator can use any
limitations, but in that case operator do not have any rights to say,
that he is an Internet service provider and MUST declare, what kind of
limitations for different protocols he has.
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Indeed. The fact is many ISPs don't bother to tell the customer at
the time he buys the service which ports are blocked and what type
of traffic management is activated. My ISP tells me the ports they
block are "best practices among the industry", and thus their
proactive attitudes are not in breach of their contract, despite the
fact that those "best practices" are nowhere to be found on their
web site. <br>
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I concur with Grigori that an ISP should declare explicitly what
limitations they put in place. IMHO, it is only a legislator that
can force the ISPs to provide this information at the time the
contract is signed. <br>
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Patrick<br>
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