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Originally Posted by Undertoad
I would gather an hour's worth of data from point A to point B and then demonstrate what went wrong.
I'd ship other packets from the same point A to the same point B, during that same hour. I'd also ship from point A to point C and from point B to point C and collect that data. Perhaps I'd also ship a different protocol of packets, to see if the protocol made any difference. How about ICMP packets?
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UT - did you read the IEEE Spectrum article? Even simple packet skewing software will identify different packets from different type of VoIP providers; skewing only ones that an IP provider wants to degrade; leave all others undisturbed. While VoIP packets are skewed, those ICMP packets remain totally unaffected. Why would you even bring up ICMP which is not affected by 'packet skewing'? But then you knew that. So why are you trying to confuse others with ICMP? If I did not know better, I would suggest you don't understand the many services that are carried by IP networks. That is what your latest posts imply. Therefore I can only conclude you are trying to confuse others with irrelevant talk of ICMP.
Furthermore you only reply (partially) to technical facts. You completely ignore the legal, political, and historical aspects. I don't for one minute believe consumer 'free market' attitudes will protect Skype and other tiny companies from legal IP data manipulation. For it that was true, then AT&T and Covad would not have their problems even with regulated Baby Bells. Just one of maybe 20+ previous points I made. Point that you ignore to instead discuss irrelevant ICMP. Somehow you claim IP providers will be very responsive to consumer demands - even without laws requiring it. Your proof? Some irrelevant comment about ICMP.