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25Mbps vs 4 Mbps
From: Glen Kent <glen.kent () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 20:32:25 +0530
Hi, The service provider(s) pipe that takes all web traffic from my laptop to the central servers (assume youtube) remain same whether i take a 4Mbps or a 25Mbps connection from my service provider. This means that the internet connection that i take from my service provider only affects the last mile -- from my home network to my service providers first access router. Given this, would one really see a 6 times improvement in a 25Mbps connection over a 4Mbps connection? I assume that the service providers rate limit the traffic much more aggressively in a 4Mbps connection. But this would only matter if the traffic from my youtube server is greater than 4Mbps, which i suspect would be the case. The question then is that how does going for a higher BW connection from the service provider help? Glen
Current thread:
- 25Mbps vs 4 Mbps Glen Kent (Nov 19)
- Re: 25Mbps vs 4 Mbps Mikael Abrahamsson (Nov 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- re: 25Mbps vs 4 Mbps Nick Olsen (Nov 19)
- Re: 25Mbps vs 4 Mbps Kyle Creyts (Nov 21)