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Ignitionnet · 11-10-2008, 15:58

Oversubscription on cable is a tricky beast to predict, especially with the pipes being so small relative to the top tier of service available.

I'm not sure about 5Mbit being the average speed people see, I've seen everything from 14Mbit as mentioned by Toto right down to sub-1Mbit. It's all about how much bandwidth is available at the time.

I'd hold off theories until I can build a definite pattern.

If you have a set of data you've built this observation from please show it, would be interesting to see. I presume you built it up from observing things, what are they?

11-10-2008, 15:58	#10
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 48 Posts: 13,995	Re: 5Mb the magic number Oversubscription on cable is a tricky beast to predict, especially with the pipes being so small relative to the top tier of service available. I'm not sure about 5Mbit being the average speed people see, I've seen everything from 14Mbit as mentioned by Toto right down to sub-1Mbit. It's all about how much bandwidth is available at the time. I'd hold off theories until I can build a definite pattern. If you have a set of data you've built this observation from please show it, would be interesting to see. I presume you built it up from observing things, what are they?