On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Perry Lucas wrote:
> Slow? How many end-users (not servers or datacenters) really need more
> than 10 megabit of bandwidth? Unless you are an engineer or architect
> pushing around 100 meg Autocad files or an IT department deploying software
> packages and updates, the average desktop user, who is opening Word
> Documents, surfing the Internet, and viewing email do not really need
> anything more than 10 megabit for day-to-day needs.
11Mbps doesn't really cut it. Understand that the 802.11 stuff has a very
high amount of overhead. Also understand that the more distance, the less
bandwidth. Shooting 802.11 for 5-6 miles, you may only get 1Mbps. Now
take that 1Mbps on a point-to-multipoint and share it with 40 users. Its
not the best thing in the world. Also, you have to realize that alot of
times you are repeating signals from far away sites, so your bandwidth may
get aggregated and eat up even more.
> Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't deploy anything under a 100 mbit today, with
> the exception of wireless, but do the _majority_ of end-users really need
> the bandwidth that they have available to them?
With broadband yes, it doesn't take many users to eat that up.
>
> Perry J. Lucas
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Priscilla Oppenheimer
> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 3:34 PM
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> Subject: RE: Wireless LANS
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> 1. It's pretty slow (< 11 Mbps shared bandwidth)
> 2. Mobile wireless is fraught with issues. How do you get a new IP address
> when you move from subnet to subnet? (Of course, that's not too
> straightforward on wired either, come to think of it.)
>
> Priscilla
>
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