I am presently buidling a web page to catalogue the differences in policy among various Internet Service Providers. http://afs.eecs.harvard.edu/~goodell/policy.html Consumers often consider factors such as traffic latency, peak data rate, ease of setup, reliability, and cost when choosing Internet Service Providers. However, customers often overlook the vast differences in <span class="heading">policy</span> among ISPs, and these differences have a substantial effect on the end-user experience. In addition, the actual policy imposed by an ISP may not match what the ISP advertises in its brochures or its formal policy statements. I chose some policy metrics, listed a few examples of real-world ISPs, and rated the ISPs according to the metrics. Please take a look at the page and let me know how it might be improved. However, I personally do not know about very many ISPs, and I would like to add entries for ISPs around the world. If you are interested in helping to make this list a bit more comprehensive, then please send me mail reporting about your ISP! Please include as many of the following factors as you can: - ISP name - ISP URL - ISP geographic coverage area - numeric ratings for restrictions and sensitivity, as per the instructions on the page - approximate monthly cost in USD for the service you describe - upload / download peak capacity - physical medium / anecdotes / remarks I think that this page has the potential to become quite useful, since cataloguing the important policy factors could some day create a competitive market for policies that match customer interests! Thanks, Geoff
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