openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to sonicmerlin
Re: What a crappy company! Yes the are. From my understanding, Comcast's current implementation of Fairshare doesn't prioritize specific protocols over others. Therefore, the end user has control over protocol prioritization (at least through Comcast's network).said by sonicmerlin:Any throttling tool will allow an ISP to skip one cycle of upgrading, How did you determine this? Throttling schemas are used to manage peak congestion. Until the congestion is more than intermittently bursty, laying out resources to split nodes doesn't make sense. Having said that, the network engineers should monitor their networks and plan upgrades accordingly.said by sonicmerlin:but after that cycle they are forced to permanently use that tool even as they upgrade. Forced? More like ISPs choose to maintain tools that enable them manage their networks and minimize impacts as traffic eventually bursts to new bandwidth limits. |
