On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 03:40:44PM -0400, David Fencik wrote: > I believe there are still a few isp's out there that don't oversell > their bandwidth, but perhaps not as small as DSL.
That depends on your definition of "oversell". If you mean that they reserve a portion of BW on every link that's the most a customer could use, that's good humor. Damn good. I would put my ISP up against any and I think they would come out ahead on quality, cutomer service and network stability (visi.com if you care). You have to oversell your bandwidth, and it's not necessarly a bad thing. However, if you mean do not saturate network links, that's a completly different story. There is no reason to reserve BW for each customer's peak possible usage. It simply does not scale in any way. The actual usage should be monitored so that no link gets to a point where it is saturated, as that's a real degradation of service. It really does not matter if my home DSL line goes through a DS3 link with 1999 other 1mb (or more) customers on it, as long as I can get my 1mb whenever I want. The way it is now, I sure can. I also don't use 1mb all of the time, so what's the point of reserving it 24/7? -- Hexis www.hxxl.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
