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by digitalsushi
1217 days ago
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Oversubscribed means different things to different groups of people. (I'm replying to people in general, and not to the commenter above me) To an ISP, it means that a customer could exeperience a shortage of service, but that a group of customers would have to simultaneously utilize the infrastructure. ISPs try to keep a ratio of customers to service where this isn't likely to happen, or for discount providers, that this happens only during peak times. Ultimately it is a balance of customer attrition. To a customer, it sounds like they are being deprived of what they are paying for. (Residental customers agree to a best-effort service typically - the opposite of agreeing to a specific service level). Even with ample service capacity, it is often the first factor considered when any component in the aggregate network is failing or underperforming. I sure do not miss being a residential ISP. But I carry with me just enough sympathy for service providers that I am "always a blast at a party". |
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The problem I have is the lack of transparency, obtuse terms and the huge amount of funds taken in by the bigger operations that instead of being transformed into moar infra, get turned into exec bonuses/lobbying to not have to build infra/marketing to convince people the infra that was built is the best that's possible, yes sirree Bob.
When all you have is a string, and tin cans, you do the best you can. When your execs are taking big Federal bux, and setting them on fire instead of increasing overall throughput...
That's where I draw the line.