North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: QOS or more bandwidth
> > > FWIW, I recently heard someone ask the question - "how do you go to your > investors and tell them you need more money for more bandwidth because you > don't want to efficiently manage your existing capacity?" > > This is the business case for QoS, IMHO. > > Irwin Which costs more, wholesale, raw bitpipes or qualified engineering talent to create/police the policies needed to maintain QoS? --bill That's the $64k question. :-) >From what I've seen, there isn't a simple answer. In places where bandwidth is exorbantantly expensive (such as outside the United States), simply over provisioning isn't an acceptable answer. However, in some places in the U.S. & Europe, over-provisioning may certainly make more sense. In our area, we're also seeing a lot of pushback against the continued tearing up of streets to lay additional fiber, so QoS may become the only option to meet required service levels. Irwin
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