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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Selfish routing
> > > > 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. If this is the last mile which is the problem, it will *always* be a problem no matter if one talks about primary or secondary path. Alex
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