Brough Turner’s Why there’s no Internet QoS and likely never will be is a great explanation of where the bottlenecks in the Internet are. Well worth the read.
As I read this, I found myself wondering whether the whole net neutrality debate might in fact turn out to be nothing more than a distraction in the end. The network operators all want high bandwidth to the home in order to deliver media. Perhaps VoIP will end up being simply carried with it.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
