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# Prioritizing network traffic to kill off competition
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/prioritizing-network-traffic-to-kill-off-competition/
- Published: 2005-12-05T06:03:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:33:06.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: Asides

Seems that network providers want to sell priority for bandwidth, with potentially disastrous results [on the little guy](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113002109.html?ref=chrismessina.me).

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**[Cyberpunk](http://cyberpunk.wordpress.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-12-05 08:28:05

Where can i vote to disallow prioritizing of network traffic? :-) As for me it will be a great problem for users... i already have this problem with my ISP in my city (illegal redirects, etc). So we must fight against it :-)

**[What’s the hell is this all about? » Blog Archive » Network traffic prioritizing](http://cyberpunk.wordpress.com/2005/12/05/network-traffic-prioritizing/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-12-05 14:17:45

\[...\] « Law Network traffic prioritizing Read this post: http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2005/12/05/prioritizing-network-traffic-to-kill-off-competition/ Where can i vote to disallow prioritizing of network traff \[...\]

**[Lloyd D Budd](http://foolswisdom.com/~lloyd?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-12-06 01:02:29

I finally figured it out... these are "asides". The lame thing is that the aside's text does not show up above the comments.

**[FactoryJoe](http://www.factorycity.net/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2005-12-06 07:32:17

Ah, ok, I'll look into the Asides text issue.