kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
 ·T-Mobile US
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Re: Slingbox issues have a solution: pay per bit
said by yock  :said by tsu9 :ISPs oversell their network because of the nature of bandwidth usage.Then perhaps they should not "oversell"? It would be nice, but then your DSL or cable connection would cost about $800 a month. I certainly don't want that. Another ignorant comment. FYI: an SLA-backed T1 starts around $300 - and that's 1.5Mbit guaranteed, both ways. |
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owenhome
keeper of the magic blue smoke
Premium
join:2002-07-13
Bentonville, AR
| No, no it's not. It's guaranteed yes, but the bandwidth available at the ISP itself to support your T1 is not up to the task of supporting every T1 at 100%. They depend on each T1 to be below a certain average capacity. When I worked for an ISP who sold T1's, many moons ago, the average we used was 25%. It was only when customer's complained that we would do something about it.
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
 ·Verizon FIOS
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 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·BroadVoice
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said by kamm :said by yock :said by tsu9 :ISPs oversell their network because of the nature of bandwidth usage.Then perhaps they should not "oversell"? It would be nice, but then your DSL or cable connection would cost about $800 a month. I certainly don't want that. Another ignorant comment. FYI: an SLA-backed T1 starts around $300 - and that's 1.5Mbit guaranteed, both ways. Incorrect. T1 lines under ideal circumstances START at $300 from small providers, with many people still paying or being quoted $800 or even $1000 or more depending on where they are located. As for the SLA, its not a true guarantee in that it (the T1) will never go down. The SLA is simply there to distinguish the BUSINESS class service from a RESIDENTIAL service and to provide for a (very small) monetary "break" if/when the service goes down. At the end of the day there is not a single ISP in this country that will cover monetary damages incurred by loss of service, so at best the SLA being broken will allow you out of a contract.
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