Well yes there is 2 different ways of defining contention ratio's I did it on the basis of how much bandwidth is available to use in a month 24/7. The method normally used is how many users it needs to max out the burst speed. So if there was 100 300kbit users on a 3mbit pipe that would be 10:1 contention.
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Originally Posted by BIGZIPZ
Would I be right to assume that it costs NTL more money to have for example:
A 300k connection using 30GB a month
instead of
A 3Mb connection using 5GB a month
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Point im trying to make is does the level of service physically cost NTL more? or it is mostly bandiwdth which costs money? if so then surely the difference between the three tiers should be the amount of bandiwdth available since the speed doesnt cost NTL anything much more regardless.
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They both cost money as you raise the burst speed you have to raise your own burst capacity to ensure the customer can use their's however if you are paying per mbit on your own pipe and capping your customers then the extra cost will be small, I think a 300k connection using 30 gig would cost ntl more then a 3mbit using 5 gig.