@Net, sorry for the earlier comment. :-). The idea of 75% and 25% applies at distribution layer and above. For end users it is recommended to consider an upgrade at that, however end user traffic is bursty. The problem is there is no graph to look at link activity and determine the upgrade case. In Simon's case, he mentioned something about dedicated. A 1Mbit cct will easily and constantly do a max 125KB/s in either direction from one machine or vary with others on the network. The network limit is controlled by the paid circuit of 1Mbits which is allocated during the purchase period. Then how does he get less throughput? I think he should dump the SP and move on to serious ones who can offer the real thing. Rgds. On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Net Net <bgp.peers@gmail.com> wrote:
@aki,well a user needs to use what he has purchased but best practices with service providers if I am not wrong is that you need not to use your capacity above 80%.Incidentally 0.8Mbps is 80% and not 75%.Most ISPs normally upgrade their links as soon as they start hitting 80%(I stand to be corrected)