[157995] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 25Mbps vs 4 Mbps
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Mon Nov 19 10:13:50 2012
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:12:57 +0100 (CET)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: Glen Kent <glen.kent@gmail.com>
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Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2012, Glen Kent wrote:
> The question then is that how does going for a higher BW connection from
> the service provider help?
That is like asking if a 600 bhp car is 6 times better than a 100 bhp car.
I'd say you definitely can benefit in surfing speed etc up to somewhere
5-15 megabit/s, after that it's hard to discern any difference in
interactivity. For youtube alone I doubt you'll notice that much
difference.unless you're watching 720p/1080p material, where you will
notice that 4 megabit/s probably isn't enough.
I've seen netflix 1080p stream use over 10 megabit/s in 30 second
interval, so sometimes it's good to have more :P
--
Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
