Re: Vonage Complaining Of VoIP 'Blocking'

I hope the FCC will act swiftly to nip this in the bud -- ISP's have

> no more business blocking customers' access to certain VoIP providers
> than they do blocking access to competitors' web sites. I mean, just

I suggest checking out a recent slashdot discussion on the subject.

Vonage is a victim of their own default configuration.

Vonage by defaulting too using NO compression, has eliminated the efficiencies one should have gained by using VoIP techniques. The result is a " A Tragedy of the Commons" type scenario.

I.E. You've traded what could have been a locally switched call, for

3 or 4x more data traffic going over long distance IP backbones.

"The key to the tragedy of the commons is when individuals use a public good, they do not bear the entire cost of their several actions."