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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Selfish routing
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Petri Helenius wrote: > > Someone who built a rather good network used to say something along the > > lines of "You are confused. QoS does not stand for Quality of Service. It > > stands for Quantity of Service. What it means is that you don't have enough > > capacity so you drop packets on the floor of those who pay you less money > > before dropping on the floor packets of those who pay you more. At the end, > > you still drop packets." Having capacity *always* makes a network better. In general I agree here. Although its not always practical to do the necessary upgrades, especially in last mile where costs may be prohibitive. > While it�s general knowledge, it should be pointed out that having capacity > at each and every millisecond is quite different game than having your 5 minute > averages look nice. I'm not sure it is general knowledge, I explain to someone at least once a week that just because youre graph is at 70% doesnt mean you have 30% spare. Steve
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