Comments on: Internet Service Provider: Gatekeeper to the Internet? http://blog.cira.ca/2010/02/internet-service-provider-gatekeeper-to-the-internet/ Byron Holland's Perspectives on the Internet and Domain Space. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:31:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Stewart http://blog.cira.ca/2010/02/internet-service-provider-gatekeeper-to-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Michael Stewart Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:50:21 +0000 http://blog.cira.ca/?p=382#comment-144 Doesn't this point to the need for some kind of Internet Access Ombudsman or 3rd party appeal process? I may be showing my ignorance here but is there such a thing in Canada (or anywhere for that matter)? I think bad traffic patterns damage access to the network no matter the cause. If the ISP is in a position to monitor and prevent that traffic from causing a problem at large it makes sense to me that they have the right to inhibit/cut-off access until the problem is managed. Just a on the power grid any power station that becomes aware of a problem has the right to protect the larger power grid by cutting off the source of the problem (despite the fact that that then cuts off legititmate customers from power as well). Doesn’t this point to the need for some kind of Internet Access Ombudsman or 3rd party appeal process? I may be showing my ignorance here but is there such a thing in Canada (or anywhere for that matter)?

I think bad traffic patterns damage access to the network no matter the cause. If the ISP is in a position to monitor and prevent that traffic from causing a problem at large it makes sense to me that they have the right to inhibit/cut-off access until the problem is managed. Just a on the power grid any power station that becomes aware of a problem has the right to protect the larger power grid by cutting off the source of the problem (despite the fact that that then cuts off legititmate customers from power as well).

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