%> > Routing issues can effect all ISP's.
%>
%> Telecoms routing ?

Yes

%>
%> > %> I personally think xtra are fast because they are the biggest
isp in
%> > NZ.
%> > %> Biggest = more bandwidth to support users, more users = more
idle
%> > time.
%> > %> I've
%> >
%> > No it doesn't.
%>
%> Well, i meant in general. A few years ago, i was speaking to an isp
owner
%> about his isp, he had 512Kbit of international capacity, and a dialup
%> pool
%> of 2000 modems :) (most were 56k). Heh, that's 10 users maxing out
the
%> line
%> at 56Kbit ;)
%> But you certainly can tell if an isp has oversold it's backbone
capacity
%> *cough*ihug*cough*. I guess it is a tricky thing to balance out your
%> capacity to users ratio, even moreso with broadband..

Not with the quality of CBQ software, proxies and 'stuff' these days.

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Received on Fri Aug 3 14:34:42 2001