Verizon talks network management
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🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
Yesterday Comcast revealed that it was preparing to engage in select trials of new traffic management techniques to alleviate the burden of high-bandwidth users. Verizon CTO Richard Lynch also expressed a need for network management today at the annual communications summit for The Progress & Freedom Foundation in Aspen, CO. There has "always been a requirement for network management," he said.
While Verizon has enjoyed the luxury of fiber-to-the-home deployments via its popular FIOS service, the telecom firm still feels the pinch of a congested network. Though Verizon spends more than $17 billion each year in infrastructure, Lynch affirms that it would take considerably more to alleviate congestion network-wide. Saying that "customers would be upset," Lynch referred to the tremendous monthly bill that customers would foot to achieve the level of service popularly demanded.
In order to manage the stratospheric rise in internet traffic in recent years, Verizon is testing network-wide Quality of Service (QoS) practices that have long been employed on business networks. A QoS-managed network prioritizes latency-sensitive packets from sources such as VoIP. Protocols and applications of lesser importance could be delivered with an artificial delay of up to 22ms. Lynch asserts that few users would notice such a miniscule delay.
While the details of Verizon's upcoming policies remain scarce, Mr. Lynch assures that it's not for conspiratorial reasons. "We don't have all the answers yet," he said, but promises that full disclosure is "best way to go about it."
While Verizon has enjoyed the luxury of fiber-to-the-home deployments via its popular FIOS service, the telecom firm still feels the pinch of a congested network. Though Verizon spends more than $17 billion each year in infrastructure, Lynch affirms that it would take considerably more to alleviate congestion network-wide. Saying that "customers would be upset," Lynch referred to the tremendous monthly bill that customers would foot to achieve the level of service popularly demanded.
In order to manage the stratospheric rise in internet traffic in recent years, Verizon is testing network-wide Quality of Service (QoS) practices that have long been employed on business networks. A QoS-managed network prioritizes latency-sensitive packets from sources such as VoIP. Protocols and applications of lesser importance could be delivered with an artificial delay of up to 22ms. Lynch asserts that few users would notice such a miniscule delay.
While the details of Verizon's upcoming policies remain scarce, Mr. Lynch assures that it's not for conspiratorial reasons. "We don't have all the answers yet," he said, but promises that full disclosure is "best way to go about it."
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