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Originally Posted by pwalker8
No they are very different concepts. QoS simply means that you are guaranteed a certain level of service, i.e. that you go no lower than a certain service speed. Throttling means that you limit the service speed at a certain maximum value.
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Just to clarify, QoS does not mean you are gauranteed a certain level of service. It merely gaurantees a higher level of service for prioritized packets than for non-prioritized packets.
You are correct that QoS and throttling are not the same. But the net effect to the consumer can be.
The article you posted was interesting, showing that up to 1/3 of traffic comes from Netflix. It would appear that congestion is going to be an even bigger issue as online streaming continues to increase in popularity.