cubguy
join:2010-07-09
Greenwood Springs, MS Reviews:
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to DataRiker
Re: Game consoles & streaming devices driving video growth said by DataRiker:said by fAcEtIOUs: eating up the bandwidth.
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Isn't that the point of bandwidth to be used? Hopefully to full capacity. Here is some technicality to prove availability does not constitute "need to use"
When you pick up your phone on a POTS you get a dialtone. Most people take this for granted because its instantaneous, but do not realize that there are only a certain number of them available (channels) at any time. You see the breakdown of this system often during emergencies when large amounts of people attempt to access the telephone network at once. Its better now because of upstream algorithms can allocate additional bandwidth to handle the voice traffic, but think about New York and 9/11. It mostly affected the cellular network and was exacerbated by the loss of a primary cellular tower and the damage to the Verizon switch located across the street from WTC, but many people who just had POTS most likely picked up their phone to find there was no dial tone. They would assume damage to the line, but not always the case.
In a perfect world, companies would over-allocate the number available slots/channels for an area, but just like the airlines, they oversell the slots/seats with the calculation that not everyone will show/use the resources at once. |
