North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Is anyone actually USING IP QoS?
On Wed, 19 May 1999, Alex P. Rudnev wrote: If you have an OC-48, someone will find a way to Smurf it and then you will need QoS at the ICMP level (CAR?). I believe that no matter how unlimited your b/w will be you will always need some modicum of QoS. -Hank > > You are merely showing your geocentricism by saying that bandwidth is > > essentially free.That may be true in the USA but not in other countries > It depends. It's not free yet for us (in Russia). > > But we are talking about two tendencies. One are decreasing of bandwidths > charges. Other is the quality of protocols (such as RSVP and multicast's > applications) - now this is not usable issues yet. > > Guess what happen first - this issues will be realised by the proper way, > or charges decrease to the values when RSVP and coimplex QoS mechanisms > have not any importance? > > > Once int'l bandwidth costs drop to the rates of USA national rates, then I > > would be inclined to agree with you and Vadim that QoS is not needed. > > Clearly today, IP QoS is not needed at the campus level. > > > > -Hank > > > > Aleksei Roudnev, Network Operations Center, Relcom, Moscow > (+7 095) 194-19-95 (Network Operations Center Hot Line),(+7 095) 230-41-41, N 13729 (pager) > (+7 095) 196-72-12 (Support), (+7 095) 194-33-28 (Fax) >
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