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I suspect that's a bit low to cover evening streaming usage, but my main issue isn't so much the available bandwidth as selling it as 1 gbps. There should be so
by thfuran 3y ago
I suspect that's a bit low to cover evening streaming usage, but my main issue isn't so much the available bandwidth as selling it as 1 gbps. There should be some statutory minimum sla or something to limit the ISP's bullshit of selling you an ULTRASPEED™ GIGABIT* 1† Gbps‡ plan that reliably drops to about 0.5% of the advertised performance every night.
- ftth_finland 3y ago3 Mbps/household is enough for evening streaming, statistical multiplexing kicks in as the number of subscribers grow. It's a bit naff, but not overly so. Averaging 3 Mbps of usage does not mean the gigabit connection drops down to 0.5% nightly. The key here is for the ISP to have enough excess backhaul to account for the occasional burst above the 3 Mbps average. As long as there is sufficient headroom, nobody will notice the oversubscription.
- thfuran 3y agoThis is 500 houses so oversubscribed that 1 user using their nominal bandwidth would consume 50% of the total backhaul. There isn't sufficient headroom for no one to notice.
- ftth_finland 3y agoYes, the 2G backhaul is underdimensioned. However, that's an easy fix with a 10G upgrade. Just need to swap the optics.