On 2023-03-03 09:37, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
Rogers offers 2.5Gbit fiber in some places.
Feel free to correct me but I believe that all the "optical" and
co-axial cable based services are shared(GPON).
So you could be sharing your 2.5Gb with up to 100 other people and if
everybody decides to download a few hundred GB of video files at the
same time you could be seeing speeds like 25Mb.
So last mile bit rate is almost always much greater than the bandwidth
that is available from the end node(home) to the core(151 front).
I have seen 6Mbit DSL reduced to hundreds of bps by chronic back-haul
congestion.
So a fiber/cable modems buffering with a 1Gb output may be enough to
cover the practical bandwidth available on a reasonably loaded network.
ADSL always comes in as a poor 2nd to cable. I'm on Rogers with a
500/30 package. I rarely see less than about 920/32.
Are there any ISPs distributing from 151 Front W. to customers? (I
worked in that building for 17 years.) The nearest Bell offices are on
Simcoe, near Dundas and on Adelaide, near Bay. I'm not sure where the
nearest Rogers office is and I don't know where Beanfield is. 151 Front
W. is the Torix Internet Exchange point, where various carriers and ISPs
meet to exchange data. For some reason, Bell doesn't seem to be there.
https://www.torix.ca/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Internet_Exchange
https://www.speedtest.net/result/14428650936
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