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Re: QoS for Office365


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 16:50:23 +0200



On 9/Jul/19 16:46, Steve Mikulasik wrote:
Even if QoS on the Internet was possible it would be destroyed by everyone marking all their traffic with the highest 
priority to get the best performance. Tragedy of the commons. 

I kind of like the Internet the way it is. The best-effort nature is
what allows us to build it in a way that makes it a viable option for
global data transport.

If all paths on the Internet had to be high-priority, I doubt it'd be a
viable project outside of a monopoly or duopoly.

Mark.


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