Is NetEqualizer Fairness the Same Thing As Partitioning Bandwidth Equally Among Users?
This question was part of a discussion on the Educause user group list. Equalizing is a bit smarter than just dividing up bandwidth partition equally. Here is the excerpt from the discussion. Cal’s question stumped me, because we have not been in that situation. Most streaming videos (i.e. YouTube) are so short that they’re over before our NetEqualizer would escalate penalties sufficient to damage the user experience. We also have a pretty decent amount of bandwidth for our number of users. In order to avoid misleading anyone with a bad answer, I forwarded Cal’s question to the vendor (APconnections) and got the response below in 11 minutes. If you want to get in touch with them, they’re at www.netequalizer.com admin@apconnections.net (No, I’m not on the payroll
