Stephane Bortzmeyer (bortzmeyer) writes:
that appears on most packaged foods in the States, that ISPs put on their Web sites and advertisements. I'm willing to disclose that we block certain ports [...]
As a consumer, I would say YES. And FCC should mandates it.
... and if the FCC doesn't mandate it, maybe we'll see some self-labelling, just like the some food producers have been doing in a few countries ("this doesn't contain preservatives") in the absence of formal regulation.
Practically speaking, you may find the RFC 4084 "Terminology for Describing Internet Connectivity" interesting:
Agreed. Something describing Internet service, and breaking it down into "essential components" such as: - end-to-end IP (NAT/NO NAT) - IPv6 availability (Y/N/timeline) - transparent HTTP redirection or not - DNS catchall or not - possibilities to enable/disable and cost - port filtering/throttling if any (P2P, SIP, ...) - respect of evil bit