The future of the Internet: Mobile providers wanting to charge per "service" and more...
- Thread starter LordSplodge
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This is spitting in face of everything the internet stands for for me! I'd never sign up with an ISP/network that did this - let's hope that the EU's regulatory systems grow some teeth and enforce net neutrality in a way the FCC across the pond don't seem to be able to!
Soldato
There's quite a bit of massaged stuff in there imo, remember it's a presentation to clients.
For example, when they say they can detect what you're doing based on DPI of encrypted packets, they mean when they come from an ip belonging to https://facebook.com they know you're using facebook and when you're receiving a steady stream of VPN traffic that looks like cisco VPN encapsulated stuff, you're probably working from home, P2P packets are typically a certain size, video packets tend to be sent at a certain amount / interval per second etc etc...
As to the question of can networks survive the rampant growth? I honestly believe so because of the amount of work we do to keep it growing. When the first series of smartphones that the general public brought in mass numbers came out I think it's fair to say O2 got overwhelmed by iphone usage (at the time it was something like x30 data usage for an iphone vs a nokia smartphone) but the other networks got to sit and watch for a few months, realise the need and then mass expand (and then o2 pulled their finger out
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For what it's worth, if you want to see full DPI in action (based on protocol more than service - but check out the top option of the second link) - check out plus.net's traffic priority table.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide /traffic_prioritisation.shtml
http://usergroup.plus.net/shaping.php
For example, when they say they can detect what you're doing based on DPI of encrypted packets, they mean when they come from an ip belonging to https://facebook.com they know you're using facebook and when you're receiving a steady stream of VPN traffic that looks like cisco VPN encapsulated stuff, you're probably working from home, P2P packets are typically a certain size, video packets tend to be sent at a certain amount / interval per second etc etc...
As to the question of can networks survive the rampant growth? I honestly believe so because of the amount of work we do to keep it growing. When the first series of smartphones that the general public brought in mass numbers came out I think it's fair to say O2 got overwhelmed by iphone usage (at the time it was something like x30 data usage for an iphone vs a nokia smartphone) but the other networks got to sit and watch for a few months, realise the need and then mass expand (and then o2 pulled their finger out
)For what it's worth, if you want to see full DPI in action (based on protocol more than service - but check out the top option of the second link) - check out plus.net's traffic priority table.
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide /traffic_prioritisation.shtml
http://usergroup.plus.net/shaping.php
Associate
Things are much better here than in the states though, where it's pretty much a duopoly (AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile is less than half their size!), and you can't get the best service outside the largest metropolitan areas (many places still can't get reliable 3G coverage!). The providers there aren't making the effort to keep their networks upgraded, which makes such a pricing model much more attractive to them. Unfortunately, if they lead, it's likely that providers over here in Europe will follow, even though they can't justify it to nearly the same extent. (Not that I think there's ANY justification for it, providers should be traffic-agnostic PERIOD!)