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

[David P. Reed]

At 05:24 PM 2/11/2002 -0500, J. Noel Chiappa wrote:

>You didn't answer my point/question. Some of the restrictions that ISP's
>are placing on customers are being done for business reasons, to *make
>more money*. How are better tools going to change that desire?


The following is economic opinion, from a competitive capitalist who hates 
socialism, and finds that the telecom industry is one of the last bastions 
of crony-socialism in the US.

Since the restrictions prevent 3rd parties from developing products that 
increase demand, and because they are not listening to their own customers 
and offering ways they can buy what they want from them or from others, 
they are not doing this to make more money.  They are doing it to maintain 
control.  Many businesses confuse control with profit.  It's particularly 
endemic in business built around monopolies.

Competitive ISPs have been much more successful at innovating than the 
cable MSOs or the DSL providers, who prefer to exploit their monopolies 
rather than offer services that have higher risk but higher potential reward.