kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB 1 edit |
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Re: SHAW PRI pricing vs. TELUS pricingI haven't seen any condominium units in Canada with 1 gbps connections.
Figure out what speed you 'want' to offer each unit, example 50mbps, if you order a 50mbps line, you should be able to feed approx 20-30 units with that.
That is also un-shared, meaning you, by contract, have that speed across the provider's network and at peering sites (but not on peered providers), without having to share that bandwidth with any other customers.
Which is why it costs so much, you are essentially reserving 1gbps for your use, if you are in Kelowna, Shaw might have 50gbps of capacity access to their 'core' network (I have no idea what it is but for example purposes). They are promising you 1gpbs will be available to you at all times.
If 121 Fake Street and 124 Fake Street both have 1gbps connections, the provider can not have 1.5gbps going to Fake Street, in hopes that both 121 and 124 are not using their lines at 100% at any one time together. There must be enough capacity for both addresses. - Which as we know, does not happen on residental connections. |
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scouzer join:2007-10-15 Schenectady, NY |
Hmm... I had not considered the extent that users could share a connection. If we wanted to offer 60 units 50mbps, we'd be looking at spending significantly more than if everyone bought their own BB50 plans independently.
I'm not sure how that makes sense--I thought many units grouped together into a guaranteed subscription (units can't opt out) would get more speed for less money. |
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said by kevinds: Shaw might have 50gbps of capacity access to their 'core' network (I have no idea what it is but for example purposes). Considering » www.shawbusinesssolution ··· _map.jsp and current DWDM technologies on fiber, most carriers can support between 1 tbps to 8.8 tbps per fiber pair. That is raw Layer 2 throughput, not Layer 3 IP throughput. |
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kevinds Premium Member join:2003-05-01 Calgary, AB 1 edit |
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Those 60 units with Shaw, will share 8 DOCSIS channels, ~300mbps,
It is unlikely that at 50mbps there will be conjestion, the usual oversubscription ratio last time I needed to do calculations, was 20:1, needing approximately 150mbps of capacity.
If all, or at least most of the condominium residents are interested, the condominium association could go to Shaw for a bulk-rate for 50mbps service, get a substantial discount that way, one thing to get stated if going this route, is that is certian residents want higher speeds/packages, they are able to pay for them and keep the discount of the bulk internet. This is more of having a contact/sales rep who can put in the discount codes properly. |
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