On Sep 16, 2010, at 10:57 AM, George Bonser wrote: >> 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. >
It depends. If you're talking about prioritization of the end link, then, that's one thing... If the ISP wants to implement prioritization there based on the END USER's preferences, that's a nice value-add service. If you're talking about the aggregation point of several customer's links, then, prioritizing customer A's Yahoo traffic because Yahoo paid over customer B's torrent traffic when customer A and B have paid the same for their connection is not so good, IMHO. Owen
