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All IP networks are oversubscribed, even the ones charging "datacenter transit rates". The difference, in this respect at least, is that good providers monitor
by marcus0x62 5y ago
All IP networks are oversubscribed, even the ones charging "datacenter transit rates". The difference, in this respect at least, is that good providers monitor utilization and proactively upgrade capacity.
- bombcar 5y agoIt would be interesting for ISPs (especially municipal or small ones) to have a live graph showing ingress/outgress on their various routers and lines. There’s also “soft” limits (currently we pay for 10G on this fiber line that could do 1000G) vs hard limits (we are at 1G on this 1G copper connection).