This thread is intended to discuss the technical feasibility of traffic segregation if something stupid is to happen to net neutrality under republican hill.
Lets say net neutrality is no more and providers can segregate traffic. It seems to me two implications are possible:
1. Completely blocking content. This may run into a problem with first amendment, since in this case cariers are suppressing content providers freedom of speech.
2. Slowing down certain content types like video.
3. Providing content from service provider at faster speed or not counting it towards data cap. I don't see a problem with this as long as the rest of the content is provided per TOS signed by the customer.
Now, let's talk about the technical side of things:
1. How reasonable is it to actually have the above (and what ever other scenarios i did not think about) being enforced? Does existing hardware support traffic segregation or do service providers have to buy new fancy gadgets to implement such segregation?
2. How likely that such traffic segregation can be overcome by ssh tunnels to european server or even a home server on a different provider network? Could ssh tunnels fall under "segregated" traffic criteria like video content?
3. Any other technologies on the horizon (other than ssh tunnelling) that will help to hide traffic types and render traffic segregation useless?
4. Do you think passing of net neutrality legislation will backfire on FBI and other national security agencies by accelerating "going dark" condition due to increased use of encryption to circumvent traffic segregation.
What did I forget?
Lets say net neutrality is no more and providers can segregate traffic. It seems to me two implications are possible:
1. Completely blocking content. This may run into a problem with first amendment, since in this case cariers are suppressing content providers freedom of speech.
2. Slowing down certain content types like video.
3. Providing content from service provider at faster speed or not counting it towards data cap. I don't see a problem with this as long as the rest of the content is provided per TOS signed by the customer.
Now, let's talk about the technical side of things:
1. How reasonable is it to actually have the above (and what ever other scenarios i did not think about) being enforced? Does existing hardware support traffic segregation or do service providers have to buy new fancy gadgets to implement such segregation?
2. How likely that such traffic segregation can be overcome by ssh tunnels to european server or even a home server on a different provider network? Could ssh tunnels fall under "segregated" traffic criteria like video content?
3. Any other technologies on the horizon (other than ssh tunnelling) that will help to hide traffic types and render traffic segregation useless?
4. Do you think passing of net neutrality legislation will backfire on FBI and other national security agencies by accelerating "going dark" condition due to increased use of encryption to circumvent traffic segregation.
What did I forget?