<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Helmut Pozimski <span dir="ltr"><mailinglist@pozimski.eu></span> wrote:<br>
<div>(...) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>> Again, QoS vs net neutrality.<br>
> Don't never allow them to confuse you with this terms. QoS is necessary and<br>
> has always been done.<br>
</div>Where has it been done to the internet? I can only find some research projects<br>
and drafts. I am sure that it isn't being done in Germany at the moment and I<br>
believe everyon trying to do this would face serious resistance from all over<br>
the country.</blockquote><br></div>QoS, traffic shaping, firewalling, etc. They have been used since the beginning.<br>More info: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Network_performance" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Network_performance</a><br>
<br>You are right, though: technical measures can also be abused. "no-net-neutrality" measures can be "camouflaged" as QoS.<br><br>But QoS is not inherently "evil": network neutrality is about censorship, QoS isn't.<br>
<br>-- <br>David Arcos<br>
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