It depends on what their internet bandwidth is compared to their internal network speed.
For example, at our University, we run all desktops at 100Mb. Our servers are connected at 1Gb. The servers need the faster connections because we are throwing data all around the server room. However, our desktops don't "constantly" use all of their 100Mb bandwith. Now, our internet connection allows for 24Mb. So, where is the bottleneck? Our internet connection. In most places, the bottleneck will always be the internet connection. The only time that 100Mb or 1Gb bandwidth helps is on a local network. However, when sending data across the internet, you are always limited by your internet connection bandwidth. It's like driving a Corvette on a straight highway, but with a state police cruiser right behind you. You want to speed, but you can't. So, my guess is that if they only have 10Mb, or less, of bandwidth "allocated to your account", you should be fine with a 10Mb connection. My guess is that you are not moving a lot of data between servers in their LAN, so it's not an issue. Now, however, I think they are bullsh*tting you about dropping to 10Mb to keep people from going over their bandwidth usage. That is the wrong way to do that. They should limit you using a throttle or shaper, but not by cutting your network speed. Regardless, as I mentioned earlier, if your available bandwidth is 10Mb or less, then they haven't gained anything. On the other hand, you haven't lost anything, either. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 November 2006 21:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: Network speed I have been with a particular CF hosting company for a number of years. Recently I sent them two machines for co-location. The first, which I sent months ago, is connected to the Internet at 100Mbps. The second, which I sent days ago, is connected at 10Mbps. They told me there was a policy change because they didn't want people going to far over their bandwidth limit for the month. They also told me that there should be no visible difference for my CF applications doing work on the Internet. 1) Maybe I don't understand this but I don't see the relationship between the network connection speed and the total bandwidth usage in a month, only that if you have a higher network speed, you have the potential of using the bandwidth at a greater rate. Is that right? 2) Developers have told me that the CF applications on the new server seem to do work on the Internet more slowly. Could this be the case or are we just imagining this? Is there anyway to test this difference in speed? I did some tests using the CNET bandwidth measurement, but besides that I'm not sure how to test it to show them that there is a difference in speed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:259186 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
