RE: QoS attributes

[Avi Lior <avi@bridgewatersystems.com>]

Well I disagree....

The example you use is perfect.  Frequent flyers programs a mile is a mile
is a mile.  But when you claim your ticket although they all measure a mile
to be the same distance, one airline offers an economy ticket for 30,000
miles to europe another offers 40,000 miles.

It's the same for bandwidth.  They will all measure the bandwidth the same,
but a Gold user at one company will probably get more bandwidth then a gold
user in another company.

Although they belong to the same consortium they still compete and
differentiate themselves whereever and whenever they can -- and as Martha
would say, "this is a good thing".

The IETF should support protocols that will enable businesses to compete and
not prevent businesses from competing. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelson, David [mailto:dnelson@enterasys.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:00 AM
> To: radiusext@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: RE: QoS attributes
> 
> 
> 
> Avi writes...
>  
> > Do you actually believe that operators will come to a 
> common agreement 
> > about what is a Gold profile?
> 
> I believe that operators that have a roaming agreement (i.e. 
> part of the same consortium) would do so.  I liken this to 
> the "partnerships" that the airlines have forged.  My 
> frequent flyer miles accumulate whenever I fly any of the 
> partners, and they honor each other frequent flyer status levels, etc.
> 
> Competitors would not easily come to agreement, but then 
> competitors may not want to allow transparent roaming across 
> each others infrastructure, so that point seems somewhat moot.
> 
> > Doesn't the very essence of competition require that they 
> would have a 
> > disagreement about what a Gold Profile is?
> 
> Yes, but it's not the competitors I'm addressing (see above).
> 
> -- Dave
> 
> 
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