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Re: BCP regarding TOS transparancy for internet traffic

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric A. Hall)
Wed May 25 15:18:53 2005

Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:18:05 -0400
From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <34574.1117048315@bizet.nethelp.no>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu



On 5/25/2005 3:11 PM, sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:

> Seems to me these are far more complex solutions than simply rewriting
> TOS at the borders.
>
> And yes, we also rewrite TOS at the borders for Internet traffic.

All you are doing is off-loading the complexity to your customers (and
their customers).

What's the point in offering a premium service that doesn't make enough
money to pay for the work required to offer it?


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