My $.02 or so - This "widespread castration" would force application developers to jump through the same NAT-traversal hoops all over again, adding more code-bloat / operational overhead and stifling innovation. Naturally, once created, this lower-class of internet user would probably become the "norm" and force a race to the bottom in terms of capabilities and performance (or perhaps, another "arms race" between the proxy implementations and the proxy avoidance implementations) ... rinse-repeat-fail_to_learn, all over again.
That was kind of my point.
/TJ PS - could we choose a different term; "cut-rate castration" brings unpleasant medical-accidents to mind ...
How about "net neuterality." ... JG -- Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN) With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.