Thanks Mich, So does it mean guys in Europe and Japan who have #Mbs, got a buddy in Sweden who has 11Mbps link, do not actually have the same its actually an 'upto #Mbs' .... Or is it coz, correct me if am wrong, most of the traffic might be Local ( only Swedish) that they get this then if its international traffic then they share... MY question is why the National fiber bandwith should cost the same as theUndersea ... I would think if all I do with my net is read email from my Kenya friends, and read Kenyan Newspaper probably watch kenyan TV online, then I can have enough capacity to do this like in Mbs... BR// Watson 2009/6/15 Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi@gmail.com>
Hi Watson,
Watson Kambo wrote:
Guys please enlighten me; are we talking MBs' or Mbs'?
Mbps
If my connection is 1Mb is this the connection all the way to the net, say for example Safcom offers me 2Mb is this the speed to the net?
NO!. This is your allocation based on time share. That means if the whole 2Mbps is available then you get that all the way to the net, if other users allocated 2Mbps are using the link at the same time, then you get to share it equally amongst the number of users in your group that means if ratio is 1:10 - then you get to about 200Kbps etc etc.
There may also be limitation on your local loop circuit (point to point link) from your office/home to the Service provider. If the base station in the wireless case has interference, over-subscription, back-haul issues, then you are likely to have problems getting 2Mbps even when you should to the net.
The third point would be how well your client end is able to efficiently utilize the 2Mbps. I have seen instances where windows updates, viruses and other apps have consumed a larger share of the bandwidth to slow down stuff. Also you need to do some O/S specific optimization stuff to ensure that its able to take advantage of the availed capacity without competition or restraint from itself.
Are there diffrent costs to the Band width; If I wanted to link up my offices say in Mombasa Kisumu Nairobi .. this is kind of local content...
Linking branches would require you to buy point-to-point based on what you want to run on it, you may want to buy circuits from infrastructure providers to get the actual capacity (un-contended) or carry it over a contended circuit but push for some quality assurance from your ISP. Bro have pros and cons its all dependent on what you want to achieve.
If
I had a an Office say in London, Cairo that would mean am using the Undersea cable are they sold diffrently...
Yes and you would similarly take options as above either buy point-2-point circuits (which normally turns out to be expensive) or have this running over the commodity internet only tagged as private traffic (mpls) or some VPN solution that maybe sold to you. This option will always turn out cheaper than buying actual circuits. Its also easier on the maintenance front since its an oursourced service to the provider.
Sorry forgive my ignorance I am not in the Know of these things...
HTH.
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