Re: How many on a T1?

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: 7 Feb 2005 03:00:16 GMT

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 at 02:11 GMT, Bob van der Poel wrote:
>
> Sorry to be off-topic, but I know that so many network aware folk read
> this list :)
>
> I'm involved in a community broadband inititive. Read all about it:
>
> http://mypage.uniserve.com/~bvdp/broadband
>
> One big unknown we're trying to figure out is how many users we can
> comfortably server off a single, 1.5mps, T1 line? We're hearing some
> folks say that a T1 is good for one user, 20 to 50, and the government
> line (they are supplying the line for the low cost of $900.00 per
> month... what a deal :) ) and they say that with caching we can easily
> do 100+.
>
> I think that the govt. guy might have been right in the year 2000, but
> today he's full of whatever.
>
> So, what's the scoop for 2005?

   You should be able to get SDSL with twice the bandwidth for a
   fraction of the price. 

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