TekSavvy → Re: tsi unlimited logins

This whole thread seems to suggest that Bell, Rogers, Telus and the other incumbents are nowhere near ready to roll out the faster speeds because it will overload their networks.

So then why on Earth do they bother?

A second issue is the following: how heavy is heavy? Is 300 GB/mo too much? Is it 200, 500?

yeah I would like to know that too...

Bandwidth is usually billed to ISPs based on the 95th percentile. They line up the usage from low to high knock out 2.5% from both sides and bill on the average.

So it really depends when you download the data.
If you download during the "low times" it could go almost completely unnoticed, aside from raising the median a little bit.

If you download during peak times you'll definitely increase the ISP's costs.

Steve

PS: Notes: Not all ISPs are billing on 95th, some are billing per byte...

This would be the grey area at the moment as we also don't know.

When are the peak time?

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