Re: [tsvwg] [Ecn-sane] is FQ actually widely deployed?

[Jonathan Morton <[e-mail]>]

> On 22 Jul, 2019, at 6:14 pm, Jonathan Foulkes <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> The IQrouter is probably the best example of a commercial middlebox that does FQ, in this case using Cake.  I hear that it is now being sold in re-branded form to certain large ISPs, but I could be wrong about that.  I've CC'd Jonathan Foulkes for comment.
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> I wish I could get some ‘large ISPs’ to pay attention, as they have some of the worst issues. But our ISP base is mostly smaller, rural ISPs with the usual challenges using legacy copper or older DOCSIS deployments. But I have also seen benefits on many a higher-capacity, modern infrastructure. Not sure how they allow bloat on some of the setups, but they do, and a CPE with a decent AQM (like Cake) makes a measurable difference.
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> Since this is also going to the ecn-sane list, let me say that having an AQM that is ECN-aware (like Cake with the ECN flags enabled) is major win for user-experience, as when combined with modern OSs that respect ECN, the immediate reaction to the congestion signaling is wonderful. Also nice that tests like the DSLreports.com speedtest, who grade packet-loss (the usual congestion signaling) as ‘Quality’ now consistently grade lines as an A in that metric with ECN signaling. 

Indeed, I brought my IQrouter along to Montreal, so Pete, Rodney and I are using it in our AirBNB as a substitute for the rather decrepit D-Link router we found already installed.  The latter was using 2.4GHz only with 40MHz channels, in a dense urban area, with predictable effect.  The ISP appears to be Comcast…

…and the IQrouter works very well, even though I haven't bothered changing it from the 10M/4M settings I use at home.

 - Jonathan Morton