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TalkTalk and DSCP and 19 second latency: Difference between revisions

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So, seems this is a problem within TalkTalks's UK network, probably affecting all TalkTalk ADSL and VDSL lines in the UK.
 
=Deep Packet Inspection Concerns=
TalkTalk provide AAISP the routing of PPP packets from our customer's router (CPE) to our routers (LNS).
 
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One concern that this issue raises is that TalkTalk are inspecting further in to the packet than we'd like or need them to. This may well be by mistake (a miss-configured router within TalkTalk's network), but this is something we're keen to understand and get to the bottom of.
 
=The fix=
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