Geoff arrived early, tried out QoS, wrote a book on it, then gave up on it.
http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2012-06/noqos.html On 20 Aug. 2017 11:07 am, "Paul Wilkins" <[email protected]> wrote: For those who arrived late, this 2015 article goes to some length to elaborate on the QoS ramifications of the FCC's Title II ruling for broadband: https://www.cnet.com/news/13-things-you-need-to-know-about-t he-fccs-net-neutrality-regulation/L Kind regards Paul Wilkins On 19 August 2017 at 15:49, Jamie Baddeley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19 August 2017 at 16:57, Matt Palmer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 01:00:39PM +1000, Paul Wilkins wrote: >> > If your client sites have redundant links, you can get massive >> performance >> > benefit by routing bulk transfer via the backup path. >> > >> > As for there is no QoS on the internet, that's mostly because US service >> > providers are legislatively blocked from what would be a departure from >> net >> > neutrality. >> >> <eyeroll> >> >> It's got nothing to do with Net Neutrality. If it was, (a) it would have >> happened long before any of that got started, and (b) the rest of the >> world, >> which is not similarly constrained, would be doing it, and everything >> would >> be just peachy. >> >> No, the problem with QoS on the Internet is the same as allowing senders >> to >> mark e-mails with priorities: everyone thinks *their* traffic is >> important, >> so everyone marks their packets / e-mails as "TOP PRIORITY", and you're >> back >> to exactly the same situation you're in now, where everything's >> best-effort >> and nobody is particularly happy. >> >> - Matt >> >> Indeed. There is no QoS on the Internet because Best Effort is the only > standard everyone can agree on. Of course some 'Best Efforts' are better > than others, but that's life. > > Now, you can use some of the various techniques described in this thread. > But that's not QoS. It's just making a better effort. Which is good. > > jamie > > > > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
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