On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Brandon Ross <br...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, lists lists wrote: > > I'm seeing that packets marked as DSCP EF are given fantastic treatment >> (low >> jitter, no packet loss), but other packets, including AF41, AF31, and BE >> are >> given what appears to be the "junk bucket" treatment. >> > > Hah, just a few days ago I spoke with an "engineer" at VZ that tried to > claim that each of the treatments were different, but that they only charged > extra for EF. I asked why I shouldn't just put all my traffic in the > highest "free" treatment and beat out all the other customers for the best > treatment for mine. He told me that "most of his customers weren't trying > to get their traffic through at the expense of other customers". > > Anyway, despite what their "engineers" say, only EF is actually treated on > the VZ network better than BE, the rest are just to prioritize traffic at > your own egress port. > > -- > Brandon Ross AIM: > BrandonNRoss > ICQ: 2269442 > Skype: brandonross Yahoo: BrandonNRoss > Brandon, VZ does or can apply a PE-egress profile that handles traffic differently based on DSCP marking. Your account team should be able to provide this to you. As far as unique treatment within their P network, it sure looks to me that the higher AF classes do get better treatment. My problem is that non-EF is handled terribly, and it's causing a big problem with interactive traffic. Voice is fine. thanks.
