P2P and Network Management: DCIA P4P Comment to FCC
VeriSign/Kontiki and other market leaders (including Verizon, Pando and others) in the P2P technology and ISP worlds are involved in a DCIA (Distributed Computing Industry Association) working group called P4P. With support and commentary from many involved in this group, the DCIA today sent a letter to the FCC with formal content on potential legislation (see my previous posts on Net Neutrality) surrounding network management guidelines for broadband operators. With Marty Lafferty's permission (Marty is the CEO of DCIA), I've pasted a copy of the letter into the extended portion of this blog entry. To read the letter, skip below the jump.
The DCIA P4P perspective is notable because it represents the interests of technology providers, P2P providers, and ISP's. It's stated mission, which appears below, is to work with each of these interest groups to deliver the best ultimate experience for end user consumers.
2/14/08 ADDITION: Click here to go to the letter as posted on the FCC web site
The DCIA P4P Mission Statement:
"To work jointly and cooperatively with leading Internet service providers (ISPs), peer-to-peer (P2P) software distributors, and technology researchers to ascertain appropriate and voluntary best practices for the use of "P4P*" mechanisms to accelerate distribution of content and optimize utilization of ISP network resources in order to provide the best possible performance to end-user customers."
The letter sent to the FCC on February 13th, 2008:
