pacmanfan
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join:2003-11-22
Mansfield, MO | I'd like to know...
...what they're paying for that gigabit connection  |
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monsternet
join:2004-05-21
Fremont, OH | Prolly almost nothing if its on the city's fiber network which most of them have. Then those are linked to the major networks such as MCI's UUNet or Qwest. In Ohio its linked to the MSN network:) |
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Frank
is chilling
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join:2000-11-03
somewhere | it's all good as long as it's not linked to the AOL network  |
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monsternet
join:2004-05-21
Fremont, OH | Then it'd be like the RoadRunner network...LOL  |
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paulhaskew
Unoffical Dominos Spokesman
join:2002-01-10
Vancouver, WA
clubs: | um, what? |
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avd706
insert annoying animated gif here
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join:2003-02-06
Union, NJ | for taking your money |
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pacmanfan
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join:2003-11-22
Mansfield, MO
| How many residents are in the area being served? It'd take over 300 people maxing their connections out to fill that pipe. Don't forget that they can always use traffic shaping techniques, such as giving VoIP and VPN ports high priority, HTTP/FTP/gaming ports standard priority, and common P2P ports low priority. Another option would be to offer 3mbps BURST to the heavy P2P users, and cut them down to 1mbps after ~10 seconds of sustained traffic. There's ways to oversell a single connection while keeping 99.5% of your customers happy. The WISP on a shoestring budget has become very familiar with this. |
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