[LINK] iPhones, Skype and Net Neutrality

[Ivan Trundle]

On 05/04/2009, at 9:48 PM, Kim Holburn wrote:

> Being as your iPhone probably doesn't have a firewall, skype might
> well make you a supernode and that could get a little more expensive,
> not to mention slow the phone down.  I wonder how long before more
> phone companies starts doing DPI and banning skype and VOIP.

My experience with Skype 'sharing' is that it is bandwidth-related,  
and that an iPhone is less likely to be a supernode than someone's  
'always on' desktop sitting on ADSL2+

Cheers

iT