Why is bandwidth management based on traffic type inappropriate for managing Internet access services?
Some bandwidth management products identify, prioritize, hinder and obstruct IP traffic based on traffic type. As a result, some traffic types receive the highest priority and purposely starve lower priority traffic (e.g., video conferencing is given priority over e-mail). Subscribers pay for, and will demand, equal access to bandwidth according to their level of service, regardless of whether they are browsing, watching video, or sending/receiving e-mail. For this reason, prioritizing traffic based on traffic type is not a workable solution for Internet access services.
