On 2020-09-24 10:41, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > The optimisation is applied to your own NBN link only hence the requirement > for the Telstra Smart Modem. It's to prevent downloads, video streaming etc > from killing gaming, VoIP and other applications that needs low latency. > > So you are taking away from other users or applications on your own home > network, but not from other Internet users.
Any good modem should allow QoS, at least, to be configured for different interfaces, IP address ranges, and/or ports, but is there any agreement regarding QoS implementation & management in the wider network? IMO the NBN and service providers should be required to agree a QoS mechanism such as DDIF, with penalties when it's broken. Otherwise, we'll probably see the usual corporate fiddling of the system, especially where companies have a foot in each camp. Think banks... This would have been far easier if NBN had end-to-end responsibility, as per the original NBN design, instead of the current equipment free-for-all. No wonder state actors can see the possibilities for sabotage. David Lochrin _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
