To me 10Mbps is generally enough. In actual uses I have only seen a few
times the download speed were around 3-40Mbps, most of the time they were
below 10Mbps. The speed is greatly limited at the other side of the server.
C.H.Ling
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> I was stewing on this and then realized that you live in a
> multi-tennant building. The typical implemention in a structure like
> this is to place a router in the building and then have risers to
> switches serving multiple units. Having fiber to each unit is simple
> and straightforward as it is run within the utility ducts built into
> the structure. The router for the building is most likely served with
> just a single 1GbE circuit or two if redundant feeds. The ethernet
> port facing each customer is rate limited either at the switch itself
> or through the remotely programmable CPE (customer premise equipment),
> also known as a NID (Network Interface Device).
>
> This type of configuration is common in high-rises in most cities
> around the world and not just in Hong Kong. The difference, though, is
> that in Hong Kong, nearly everybody lives in these kinds of buildings,
> whereas in the USA, only a small percentage of our population does.
> Keep in mind that the population of ONE of those buildings is greater
> than most towns that I work with.
>
> As a provider, it probably costs me almost 100 times as much to serve
> my typical customer as it would to serve you. Yeah, I'm envious.
>
> AG
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