>... > Does anybody have any stats on the kind of packet scheduling > algorithms employed between/at DSLAMs and backhaul networks? > > Background: > > I'm trying to weigh up the arguments for/against “identified > application type”-based “traffic management” systems on consumer > broadband connections, versus something altogether simpler and > straightforward and—at first glance—altogether more “fair”, such as… > fair queueing. > > Expert opinions would be much appreciated, both on and off-list.
Biggest issue is the likes of bit-torrents. They are lots of separate tcp sessions so normal "full link" behaviour tends to balance between tcp sessions not between customers. Something more aware of per-customer traffic levels and management is likely to be fairer, or something specific to the types of traffic like this that are "unfair" somehow.
