The more Internet users, the slower everybodies speed?

[BobY777]

Can anyone point me to links, or educational material that will explain how the throughput speed of individual Internet users gets slower and slower as more and more Internet users access the Internet at a particular location.

This location might be at a business who has Internet access. Or it could be a WiFi hotspot. Or it could be a wired Internet access location at a hotel, etc.

I figure there has to be some kind of mathematical analysis of the speed reduction that each Internet user will encounter as more and more Intrernet users get on line at a particular location.

I figure a general mathamatical analysis will help me understand how an Internet users throughput speed gets slower and slower, as more and more people get on the same local Internet connection.

I understand there is "throughput" speed that a users actually obtains. Are there other speed definitions that a user might not obtain? I guess the "pipe" speed the the max possible, which I guess is slower then the throughput speed (since most hotspots or WISPs throttle users back in the speed they can actually obtain, so they don't steal all the bandwidth).

Thanks for any info,

Bob

[ConnClark]

This topic is not a simple one. You need to look for documentation on Quality of Service calculations. Dust off your statistics book and get ready to pull out some of your hair.

Good Luck,

Conn Clark

[spiderbite]

keep in mind the more users the longer everybody has to wait just in the sheer number of packets being transmitted. as you fill up the pipe you hsve to wait longer..


When you go to the store and check out your groceries the more people in line the longer you wait...which is variabled (is that a word?) by the amount of stuff in everybody's cart and whether they write a check...

If there is only one checkout guy it will be slower than if there are several....


hows that....

[wirelessoceans]

great analogy