Re: [chat] What is "Back channelling" ?

[marty@xxxxxxxxxx (Martin)]

$author = "Minh Van Le" ;
> 
> In TGP Internet's Standard Terms and Conditions, clause 20 states:
> 
> 20.	TPG does not under any circumstances allow back channelling. TPG
> reserves the right to charge Customers for any incoming or outgoing traffic
> if this is breached at 20 cents per MB.
> 
> I was unable to clarify the meaning of "back channelling" from a helpdesk
> officer. Would somebody explain to me what "back channelling" means in the
> context of their T&C ?

a back channel is usually used to refer to the route return traffic takes in
typically uni-directional services (ie. cable tv).

http://labs.google.com/glossary?q=back+channel

bingo! :)

just changed my search to:

http://labs.google.com/glossary?q=back+channelling

and it turned up this link:

http://www.tpg.com.au/help_desk/glossarypage.html

that should clear it up... not!

i think the clause basically infers that you shouldn't be using the service in
an asymetric way in conjunction with another service providing the
complementary data path...

marty

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