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List:       nanog
Subject:    Re: Comcast Service for Non-Cap Bandwidth
From:       Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom ! mu>
Date:       2012-05-30 5:44:12
Message-ID: 201205300744.13043.mark.tinka () seacom ! mu
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On Wednesday, May 30, 2012 02:34:06 AM Nabil Sharma wrote:

> Mr. Jason:
> Thank u for the reply, very informative URL. Understood
> on the cap, but how long it will remain not enforced is
> a good guess! What I am trying to is have Comcast mark
> our IP ranges with QoS, so downloads or congestion
> inside the household will not degrade performance. You
> can see at
> http://ber.gd/post/23025893856/comcast-traffic-prioritiz
> ation that this is the configuration for Microsoft Xbox.
> Do you know what this service is called and who at
> Comcast can help me with the commercials?

There is nothing to confirm with any certainty that even 
though Comcast may be remarking QoS values upon ingress to 
their network, that those (new) markings actually have any 
(forwarding) meaning in their network.

As someone stated before, relying on QoS for regular IP 
Transit traffic is tenuous at best.

Mark.

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