Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-05 Thread eje
. So we also can make money on him when he makes money. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Josh Luthman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:56:12 To: WISPA General Listwireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) I

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-05 Thread Steve Barnes
List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) Rick, Just for what it's worth, we are seeing an increase in overall usage as well. We have been in the ISP business since 1994. It was only about a year ago that we went over 100Mbps of incoming traffic during peak time... and just

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-05 Thread Mike Hammett
, December 04, 2008 10:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) I'm not sure this fixes anything either. Even if you cap people at 1Mbps, if they are watching a movie, they are using that 1Mbps for 2 hours constant

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread RickG
I have WRAP boards on all towers that provide limited bandwidth shaping. I just recently installed a Mikrotik firewall (and love it). It's shaping and rules cover all customers. As far as bandwidth hits, the previous owner oversold and overmarketed the amount of bandwidth in order to gain

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Travis Johnson
Rick, Just for what it's worth, we are seeing an increase in overall usage as well. We have been in the ISP business since 1994. It was only about a year ago that we went over 100Mbps of incoming traffic during peak time... and just today, we peaked at 176Mbps. So in a year's time we

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Travis Johnson
General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) Rick, Just for what it's worth, we are seeing an increase in overall usage as well. We have been in the ISP business since 1994. It was only about a year ago that we went over 100Mbps of incoming traffic during peak time

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Brian Webster
, 2008 11:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) I'm not sure this fixes anything either. Even if you cap people at 1Mbps, if they are watching a movie, they are using that 1Mbps for 2 hours constant. My cost on that 1Mbps is $40

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Josh Luthman
I strongly believe that the customer bandwidth packages should be priced based on your (or that area's cost). I think a lot of the discussion has lost that mind set. Much of the debate here is thinking about 10 megs country wide broadband statement, 384k here or 2meg there. In my area a 2 meg

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Chuck McCown - 3
] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) I strongly believe that the customer bandwidth packages should be priced based on your (or that area's cost). I think a lot of the discussion has lost that mind set. Much of the debate here is thinking about 10 megs country wide broadband statement, 384k here

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Josh Luthman
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) Rick, Just for what it's worth, we are seeing an increase in overall usage as well. We have been in the ISP business since 1994. It was only about a year ago that we went over 100Mbps of incoming traffic during peak time... and just

Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article)

2008-12-04 Thread Josh Luthman
List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Bandwidth Shaping (WAS Article) Rick, Just for what it's worth, we are seeing an increase in overall usage as well. We have been in the ISP business since 1994. It was only about a year ago that we went over 100Mbps of incoming traffic during peak