Author: Simon Huggins Date: To: hampshire Subject: Re: [Hampshire] High bandwidth using DSL lines.
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:50:19PM +0100, Simon Capstick wrote: > Simon Huggins wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 12:31:38PM +0100, Simon Capstick wrote:
> >>A 20:1 ADSL Max line running at 6Mbps will still only give you around
> >>512Kbps of usable (download) bandwidth at peak times.
> >I'd like to hear if you have actually experienced this first hand. I
> >think there would be an open revolt of small businesses if this were
> >actually true most of the time.
> We do get this. It seems around lunch time we sometimes get a little
> packet loss and more often than not heavy contention. I've pretty
> much ruled out the problem at our end. The exchange is STSOTON which
> serves quite a few businesses in Southampton along with residential
> areas. Southampton has a high student population hence my comment on
> downloads :-)
Fair enough.
You should also bear in mind that your ISP's central pipes (or whichever
reseller they use) may be causing the contention too deliberately or
just through over subscription.
