A level of trust is determined for a consumer equipment. Based on the
determined level of trust, a level of QoS is controlled for information
packets that are associated with the consumer equipment and communicated
through a packet switched network and/or access by the consumer equipment
to communicate through the packet switched network is controlled. The
consumer equipment may be selectively allowed to communicate through the
packet switched network based on the determined level of trust and based
on available resources of the packet switched network. Access to the
packet switched network and allowed QoS for information packets
communicated there through may thereby be based on a level of trust of
the associated consumer equipment.