> But now it's a new "type" and Verizon is free to kick it into the QoS round-file tier to either blackmail payment or simply hamstring adoption.
This is what Google's looking to make sure doesn't happen. No one should be able to pay for a QoS tier or kick a competitor into a lower tier.
It's not perfect, but as an end user I'd rather have SIP traffic prioritized and take a chance that a non-prioritized upstart standard will take longer to catch on than my calls to drop.
Obviously the best scenario is a dramatic increase in network capacity so QoS is a non-issue, but that's not realistic in the short term.
This is what Google's looking to make sure doesn't happen. No one should be able to pay for a QoS tier or kick a competitor into a lower tier.
It's not perfect, but as an end user I'd rather have SIP traffic prioritized and take a chance that a non-prioritized upstart standard will take longer to catch on than my calls to drop.
Obviously the best scenario is a dramatic increase in network capacity so QoS is a non-issue, but that's not realistic in the short term.