Contention/Oversubscription maths

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Armstrong" <lists at memetic.org>

> Statistics and graphs i've seen offlist have been very helpful, and
> suggest that 1000 100mbit customers is doable on 1GE.

Probably.

> Atleast, today. Next year's (decade?) launch of the YouView platform in
> the UK should increase usage a lot, not to mention a service like
> Netflix starting in the UK. We have some movie streaming services, but
> they generally suck and are quite low bitrate.

The short version is: if you oversubscribe, you *will* eventually have Busy
Hours, just like telcos.  The question is: how often.  Telcos have books
that tell them this...

Cheers,
-- jr 'Royal Wedding' a
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