We test with speakeasy.net most of the time. It can be "jerky" too. We've got nearly 400 wireless or fiber to the home (plus servers) subs on a 20 meg pipe. Here's the current usage: http://64.146.146.1:81/graphs/iface/uplink-to-pud/
I did have to upgrade a backhaul link to one of the towers recently. It tested plenty fast but pings would jump to 2000 to 3000ms when you ran a ping test. My *theory* is that the link was able to handle the speed but not the number of "threads" running through it. It was some Airaya gear that had been in place for the better part of 5 or 6 years. I sure wish more of my gear would sit there that long and just work and work and work! I think I only did one firmware upgrade too! Don't forget that we also charge per bit. Not per speed. Our users likely use less bandwidth than the average one does. Out here, with our high costs for bandwidth make that matter. laters, marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:03 AM Subject: [WISPA] Customer to Bandwidth Ratio > I'm sure this has been asked before but what ratio are some of you using > for > customer vs. available bandwidth? We aren't experiencing any problems at > the moment but I want to know when we should start looking to add > capacity. > Our competitor is running 20 up and 20 down but has 500+ customers on it > and > if I do a speed test the pings are fast, 32 or so, but it's really "jerky" > on the download and uploads. So...... What is a good REAL WORLD ratio > that > you use that is smooth? > > Thanks! > > Robert West > Just Micro Digital Services Inc. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
