[e2e] using p2p overlays to overcome recursive NATs/realms

[J. Noel Chiappa]

    > From: "Christian Huitema" <huitema at windows.microsoft.com>

    > What they want to do is, "charge premium customers more." There are
    > various bad ways to do this .. "Better tools" would be good ways to
    > do this, e.g. different subscription parameters that translate into
    > variations of diffserv, different polling rates for a cable modem,
    > etc.

But the point remains that if there is a way to either allow or prohibit
customers from doing X (where X is anything other than the most minimal
service level), then unless there is some reason not to do so (i.e. legal,
or market pressure, or something), a carrier is going to turn X off and
ask for $$$ before they will turn it on.

The service parameters related to performance you speak of are
interesting, but they are just another way for ISP's to split their
customers up into groups, and charge some of them more; if I were an ISP
I'd use them *also*, as well as blocking servers, etc - all in an attempt
to maximize revenue.

I fail to see how any technical measures can change this.

	Noel