Well put, Marlon.

Unless my T1 runs over 90% utilization for more than a couple of minutes at a time, I am "undersold" and can keep on going.

Scott Reed
Owner
NewWays
Wireless Networking
Network Design, Installation and Administration
www.nwwnet.net

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From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
Sent: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:26:02 -0700
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Overselling

> We're still on track for over 100 per t-1.  We're closer to 70/30 res/bus.
>
> BTW, I HATE the term overselling.  To me that implies that you've sold more
> connections than you can service.  To me, as long as the customers can get
> what they've been promised more than 90% of the time (there will be times
> when no amount of capacity will be enough) then you are perfectly sold.
>
> laters,
> Marlon
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blair Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:44 PM
> Subject: [WISPA] Overselling
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I'm wondering how much you 'oversell' your bandwidth?
> >
> > Currently, I support about 60 customers per T-1, (1.54Mbit/sec), but I
> > think I need more bandwidth....
> >
> > Users are promised 256Kbit/sec
> >
> > These users are a mix of residential and commercial, (about 90%/10%)
> >
> > What level are you happy with?
> > We don't limit our users unless they become hogs.
> > Tracking shows mostly web surfing, E-mail and FTP.  I have very little
> > peer to peer traffic.
> >
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