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Introduction to Quality Of Service

With increasing bandwidth demands being placed on your network, prioritizing traffic is a growing concern. Quality of Service (QoS) offers a practical solution for ensuring the delivery of critical data. This paper introduces the concept of QoS and covers topics such as management, applications, and cost. Also included is a 19-question exam to test your QoS knowledge.

There is no question that Google is looking to justify a significant investment in dark fiber, so while there is some FUD associated with this, I tend to think that there is also a great deal of truth that bandwidth and capacity is getting scarcer, especially for consumers.