BobY777
05-15-2005, 12:37 PM
Lets say a WISP uses a T1 as the "pipe" to the Internet. I guess the WISP might use a DSL line as the "pipe" too, although it may not be symetrical like a T1.
I'm trying to figure what the maximum speed might be that a WISP might allocate to a customer. For best operations of the WISP, I figure the maximum speed a WISP would allocate to a customer, is some percentage of the pipe speed (the max possible speed).
How is the speed that you decide to sell to your WISP customere determined?
Although I understand that if the WISP customer wants to get a lower monthly charge, he might opt for a slower speed from the WISP, to get a lower monthly charge.
I'm just trying to figure the top "best practice" speed to give to a WISP customer.
I heard somewhere else that a WISP customer's speed has to be throttled to be slower then the pipe speed. If not, then just one customer could hog all the bandwidth from other paying WISP customers.
I don't quite know if I understand how this hogging would manafest itself. Might this be if a customer downloads videos or music all day?
Evidentally when a WISP sells a particular speed to a WISP customer, that speed must be a lot slower then the pipe speed. If there are 10 customers on a WISP AP, how does the WISP owner know if all 10 people might be on at once? If so, then it would seem that no WISP customer could get the speed they signed up and are paying for, even if they are throttled slower then the pipe speed. Am I thinking about this right?
Thanks much for helping to set me streight on this.
I'm trying to figure what the maximum speed might be that a WISP might allocate to a customer. For best operations of the WISP, I figure the maximum speed a WISP would allocate to a customer, is some percentage of the pipe speed (the max possible speed).
How is the speed that you decide to sell to your WISP customere determined?
Although I understand that if the WISP customer wants to get a lower monthly charge, he might opt for a slower speed from the WISP, to get a lower monthly charge.
I'm just trying to figure the top "best practice" speed to give to a WISP customer.
I heard somewhere else that a WISP customer's speed has to be throttled to be slower then the pipe speed. If not, then just one customer could hog all the bandwidth from other paying WISP customers.
I don't quite know if I understand how this hogging would manafest itself. Might this be if a customer downloads videos or music all day?
Evidentally when a WISP sells a particular speed to a WISP customer, that speed must be a lot slower then the pipe speed. If there are 10 customers on a WISP AP, how does the WISP owner know if all 10 people might be on at once? If so, then it would seem that no WISP customer could get the speed they signed up and are paying for, even if they are throttled slower then the pipe speed. Am I thinking about this right?
Thanks much for helping to set me streight on this.