On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 01:25:43PM +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> Paul Haddon wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:00:48PM +1100, Peter Vogel wrote:
> > > Can anyone give me a guess at how many users could be online
> > > simulateously with the biggest Australian ISPs?
> >
> > A lot depends on the demographics of the ISP, but large size ISPs
> > probably run in the vacinity of 15-30:1, ie: for every 15 users
> > signed up, they have 1 modem port.
>
> > So, if BigPond has, what? 100,000? 500,000? users, then they'd have
> > approx 10,000-50,000 ports in use.
>
> please note, telstra bigpond is a product!
> the company in syndey is on australia
> they are "small" and turn a "
> very small profit" in a "highly competitive" market
> they receive "no favours from telstra"
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you were after a "guess" of numbers
at "the biggest Australian ISP".
<QUOTE: http://www.bigpond.com/Home/SignUp/>
Telstra Big Pond Home, Australia's largest Internet Service Provider
</QUOTE>
If you can point out a bigger Aussie ISP than them, I'd be glad to guess at
their # of ports for you.
Cheers
Paul Haddon
Technical Services Manager
Hartingdale Internet
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