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Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer () mauigateway com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 13:22:50 -0700
-------- lists () memetic org wrote: ------------ From: Adam Armstrong <lists () memetic org> I'm more interested in the levels of traffic that we will see consistently. -----------------------------------------
From experience, one thing's for sure. No matter how you end up estimating traffic levels, you should optimize it using empirical data. Make your estimates, set up the connectivity and watch the traffic. In some areas you will be able to have a larger over-subscription rate because the customers will have lower traffic level internet habits and in other areas the over-subscription rate will be less because you might have a pocket of power users.
To the point some have made that user's internet surfing habits (thus more traffic) don't change because of an increase in bandwidth, rather they change more gradually, is definitely the case for residential subscribers. I have seen folks spend way too much time trying to get it right from initial estimates and totally blow it. There is no substitute for empirical data! scott
Current thread:
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths, (continued)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths David Swafford (May 26)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths William Herrin (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Jacob Broussard (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Adam Armstrong (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Jacob Broussard (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Adam Armstrong (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Jay Ashworth (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Shaun Bryant (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Adam Armstrong (May 27)
- Re: Contention/Oversubscription maths Adam Armstrong (May 27)
- RE: Contention/Oversubscription maths George Bonser (May 27)