Joho the Blog: Quality of Service
First, QoS is impractical.
Second, QoS is the wrong solution.
Third. QoS violates the principle of the Internet’s architecture.
David Weinberger ruminates effectively on why “Quality of Service” is essentially FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) that the phone companies use to confuse customers. It’s important to understand that the phone companies want to confuse you and make you buy stuff you don’t need. So ignore this QoS stuff whenever you hear it- or at least investigate it carefully.
Totally agree. We’ve been using VoIP and I have friends who use it all of the time… without any QoS and it generally works fine. And… if the market were so concerned about QoS, why the hell do people use cell phones even inside of buildings?
the FUD of QoS
From Gen Kanai weblog Gen Kanai weblog Joho the Blog: Quality of Service First, QoS is impractical. Second, QoS is