Is bandwidth a finite resource?

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wushutiger

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Listen Pan, you have completely no idea how bandwidth works, you cannot run out of bandwidth, it is not a finite thing!
 
erm... yes it is.... if it wasnt, i would be the happiest person on the planet ;)
 
No it isnt! get some info before "informing" people with the wrong info! I am not here to educate anyone.
 
wushutiger said:
No it isnt! get some info before "informing" people with the wrong info! I am not here to educate anyone.
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I think if we were all "educated" by your infinite wisdom, we might all die of stupidity...
 
um... yes it it dude:P if they but 1000gb from uunet, thye only have 1000gb:P if they use that up, it ends!, know IT ;>
 
Utter Nutter, with responses like that you must get very far in life, as I have said before do you have anything intelligent to say or can you only throw littlre useless remarks?

Scenario:

Bandwidth is like a tap, now last week WBS left the tap on full, what did they expect from people..to stop drinking water because the tap was on too high?!?!?! Come on, its not like we can control our speeds!

note: please respond with a real argument not some childish remark.
 
Pan you are wrong!

WBS bought a "pipe", literally a connection from UUNET, with a certain speed, and they get billed according to use, not a prepaid amount, so they only get billed on usage!
 
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note: please respond with a real argument not some childish remark.
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Sorry buddy, but my answer to you would have to be: "get some info before "informing" people with the wrong info!"

You take care now!
 
Like I said, do you have anything relevant to state regarding this topic or are you mentally incapable of making a decent argument?
 
Bandwidth - the ISP's have long-ago fooled us all into believing that there are limits to the amount of bandwidth that you can use, and it's only true cos they make it so.

Basic Order:
A basic chunk of international bandwidth is ordered : I want a 2MB's link to this point on your network for x amount of time. A price is then negotiated, and it's done.

Complicated Order:
A complex chunk of international bandwidth is ordered : I want a 2MB's link at this point on your network, for x amount of time, but, I promise not to use more than x GB throughput, and for that promise, I want a discount. Now, the ISP selling the bandwidth can run 2 of these "sales" on the same link, and make more money, and - add stiff penalties if they go over the agree'd limit.

But - SA has one bandwidth provider - TELKOM. Why the bandwidth capping then ? There is no advantage to splicing a 1GB/s link into GB chunks, so why is it being done, and why are IS + UUNET allowing it to happen ? Sigh.
 
wushutiger said:
Like I said, do you have anything relevant to state regarding this topic or are you mentally incapable of making a decent argument?
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... as opposed to misinformation? You work for WBS or something?

Someone asked a question. People are answering the question, some (you) incorrectly. Relax buddy.
 
Utternutter and wushutiger, take it to the off topic section please. And utternutter, I fail to see how your opinion counts seeing as you're not a iburst user, so kindly return to your own forum and stop trying to be difficult
 
noone said:
Utternutter and wushutiger, take it to the off topic section please. And utternutter, I fail to see how your opinion counts seeing as you're not a iburst user, so kindly return to your own forum and stop trying to be difficult
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high five noone :)
 
Noone:

please let me know how I went out of line in this topic? If I didnt take it out on the nut case...
 
afaik Company A would pay the monthly fee to Provider A for the pipe - the amount of GB's transferred is irrelevant as its the access that's paid for, not the amount of transfer.

i.e. the line Company A rents from Provider A can do 50GB in one month, or 300GB - the price paid is still the same as per GB rates don't apply.

Could be wrong though, this is SA after all, not everything works the right way round.
 
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