LARTC - Nov 2004 - how much bandwidth to dedicate?

I want to provide internet to home users with 256 Kbps and I have a 3
Mbps dedicated internet connection.

Do you think It''s ok to split the 3 Mbps in 480 users?

Thanks,

-- Nicolas
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On Sunday 21 November 2004 18:21, Nicolas Patik wrote:
> I want to provide internet to home users with 256 Kbps and I have a 3
> Mbps dedicated internet connection.
?  You have a 3Mbps line and you have to give your home users 256 Kbps?  So 
each user needs a maximum of 256Kbps?
> Do you think It''s ok to split the 3 Mbps in 480 users?
Yes.

Stef

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Nicolas Patik wrote:
> I want to provide internet to home users with 256 Kbps and I have a 3
> Mbps dedicated internet connection.
> 
> Do you think It''s ok to split the 3 Mbps in 480 users?
It depends what they are used to or can get.

It will only take 12/480 users downloading to fill the link - 24 to half 
  the speed for everyone.

40:1 contention doesn''t sound that bad - I am on a product sold as 50:1
- but I see NO contention - at all.

The figure of 50:1 is made up, in the UK it seems they can''t get away 
with running the exchange link at any more than 15:1 on a 10meg VC (512k 
home customers).

ISPs may further contend - link from teleco to ISP and ISP and to 
internet routes.

I haven''t got a clue how many people I share the teleco to ISP link 
with, but I am on one of their four 622meg lines - and contention is 
alot nicer on fat pipes.

Andy.

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