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Subject:    [DMCA_Discuss] The Inquirer: Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too
From:       Seth Johnson <seth.johnson () realmeasures ! dyndns ! org>
Date:       2005-09-19 15:36:25
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Subject: [IP] The Inquirer: Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:23:14 -0400
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From: Bob Drzyzgula <bob@drzyzgula.org>
Date: September 19, 2005 9:47:43 AM EDT
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Subject: The Inquirer: Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too



  <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26255>

> Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too
> Bandwidth bandsaw released
> By: Doug Mohney
> 
> Monday 19 September 2005, 07:14
> 
> LAST WEEK, Verso Technologies (www.verso.com)
> announced the rollout of a "carrier-grade applications
> filter" that can block so-called bandwidth drains
> such as Skype, P2P messaging, streaming media, and
> instant messaging.
> 
> Skype is singled out in the headline of the press
> release. It's not a P2P blocker, it's a "Skype
> Filtering Technology."
> 
> Verso CEO Monty Bannerman, founding CTO of the NAP of
> Americas, says service providers are gung-ho about
> his new product offering. As a "free" service,
> Skype is raiding the business model of service
> providers that want to roll out VoIP services for
> their customers. "They're all telling me they hate
> Skype and they're telling me that they want to do
> something about Skype," said Bannerman in a telephone
> interview. "If you have something in your network that
> is costing you money and raiding your business model,
> I assure you you're going to do something about it."
> 
> Bannerman claims that Skype and other P2P applications
> were generating up to 30 per cent of existing
> network traffic load as of last year according to
> presentations at the North American Network Operators
> Group (NANOG). Since a revenue-based service provider
> isn't making any money off that traffic load, it's
> not a good thing, especially if they plan to offer
> their own flavor of VoIP to their customer base. Since
> making the announcement, Verso has received a number
> of phone calls from existing customers as well as
> intrigued service providers.
> 
> Could this technology be used to block Vonage
> service? "Sure," said Bannerman. "But we wouldn't do
> that." Bannerman drew a distinction between the more
> heavily US-regulated Vonage and Skype, saying that
> they were "different," with Vonage required to provide
> E-911 service and abide by other FCC regulations,
> while Skype had no such state-side regulation. He
> believed he had a shot at selling some of his boxes
> to Vonage in order for that company to monitor
> traffic flow.
> 
> Figuring how to measure and block Skype has been a
> significant challenge, since the application has been
> difficult to measure. Verso has spent over a year
> and four engineering attempts to develop a platform
> capable of detecting, managing, and controlling
> Skype. "We are better than anyone else at this moment
> in time in detecting Skype and doing something with
> it, including turning it off."
> 
> When asked if current FCC rulings and upcoming
> American federal legislation to prevent application
> blocking of any type would affect selling the
> Skype-blocker in the States, Bannerman didn't seem
> to be worried. "The World Wide Web isn't just about
> America, plunk yourself anywhere else," he said. "This
> is a product for the world market," and he pointed
> out that there's a patchwork of regulatory schemes
> around the globe. µ




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