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Traffic Shape or Rate Limit

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher J. Wolff)
Tue Oct 2 12:40:13 2001

From: "Christopher J. Wolff" <chris@bblabs.com>
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:36:08 -0700
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Hello,

I'm wondering what the list's opinions are on Traffic-Shaping vs. Rate-Limit
for DIA customers (Frac DS3, for example).  From what I've read, Traffic
Shaping is a better option since it doesn't drop packets.  Just curious as
to what the opinions are.

Regards,
Christopher J. Wolff, VP, CIO
Broadband Laboratories, Inc.
http://www.bblabs.com
email:chris@bblabs.com
phone:520.622.4338 x234


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