[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: Internet Sharing

[Clae]

At 11:54 AM +1100 16/2/03, grenville armitage wrote:
>	[..]
>>  According
>>  to the ACA, 'commmercial' is seen as an arrangement that fulfills
>>  any of the following criteria:
>	[..]
>>                  + Provides a guarantee/contract of Service Level.
>
>It will be interesting to see how IP QoS mechanisms, if deployed on
>an 802.11-based 'non-commercial' IP access link, might be construed as
>a mechanism for soliciting-and-granting on-the-fly service levels.

It's still best effort though, isn't it?  Not guaranteeing an 
over-all, commercially contracted and sueable QOS but simply 
prioritising different kinds of traffic, ie voice over filesharing?

>Probably not if there's no monetary - "or other" - reward to the 802.11
>provider for providing requested IP QoS levels. But without a compensation
>structure to the provider, IP QoS disintegrates into everyone asking for
>the best service and we're back to best effort, so most realistic QoS
>schemes contemplate some form of consideration for providing 'better'
>service quality. An interesting question for the ACA...
>
>cheers,
>gja
>--
>Grenville Armitage
>http://caia.swin.edu.au
>
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