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RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic?
From: "George Bonser" <gbonser () seven com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:57:07 -0700
I DO have a problem with a content provider paying to get priority access on the last mile. I have no particular interest in any of the content that Yahoo provides, but I do have an interest in downloading my Linux updates via torrents. Should I have to go back and bid against Yahoo just so I can get my packets in a timely fashion? </end user> I understand that the last mile is going to be a congestion point, but the idea of allowing a bidding war for priority access for that capacity seems to be a path to madness. --Chris
Hi Chris, Since prioritization would work ONLY when the link us saturated (congested), without it, nothing is going to work well, not your torrents, not your email, not your browsing. By prioritizing the traffic, the torrents might back off but they would still continue to flow, they wouldn't be completely blocked, they would just slow down. QoS can be a good thing for allowing your VIOP to work while someone else in the home is watching a streaming movie or something. Without it, everything breaks once the circuit is congested.
Current thread:
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,, (continued)
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, George Bonser (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Joe Greco (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Matthew Palmer (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Dobbins, Roland (Sep 20)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, William Herrin (Sep 20)
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, George Bonser (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Joe Greco (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Jack Bates (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Marshall Eubanks (Sep 21)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Jack Bates (Sep 16)
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? George Bonser (Sep 16)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Chris Woodfield (Sep 16)
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? George Bonser (Sep 16)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? William Herrin (Sep 16)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? sthaug (Sep 16)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? William Herrin (Sep 16)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Jack Bates (Sep 16)
- RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Nathan Eisenberg (Sep 17)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Jack Bates (Sep 17)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Chris Woodfield (Sep 17)
- Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, Prioritized Traffic? Jack Bates (Sep 17)