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http://www.smithonvoip.com [Smith On VoIP - Insights on VoIP Products and Services] Quality of Service (QoS) can mean many different things, but when spoken in the context of Voice over IP, it is used to described subscriber satisfaction with of all imperfections affecting the service. Typically network elements (or imperfections) such as availability (uptime), bandwidth (throughput), latency (delay), and error rate are discussed.

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Rfdesign.comhttp://rfdesign.com [Rfdesign.com] WiMAX Security | RF Design - Security Considerations for WiMAX ...: However, the scheduling algorithm within the 802.16 MAC protocol offers optimal prioritization of this traffic based on first-in first-out (FIFO) scheduling, in which clients seeking access to the base station are assigned bandwidth upon time of initial access, instead of random queue assignment based on order of MAC address (as in 802.11). Furthermore, the 802.16 MAC protocol ensures optimal quality of service (QoS) over its WiFi predecessor, allocating bandwidth effectively by balancing clients' needs instead of “best-effort service”

http://weblog.infoworld.com [Weblog.infoworld.com] 2.0 link0 link1 link2 link3 ITXtreme with Paul Ryan link4 en-us ...: The 'greedy' providers claim that this is merely a QOS issue -- ensuring equal access to Internet resources requires that heavy users pay more.

Techdirt.comhttp://techdirt.com [Techdirt.com] Techdirt: How Jealousy Could Destroy The Internet: I dont object to google adding value and offering a competitive service but when that happens the netowrk providers need to justify their expenses by revising their business models. As I see it that leaves 2 options- raise rates for data so that 90%+ of their revenue comes from this service and almost give the other 2 away to be competitive with the Googles, AOL's and others offering IPTV and VoIP or only guarantee a QoS when both the 3rd party service providers and subscribers have paid for it.

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