[c-nsp] Bandwidth Vs Number of Users

[Pedro Matusse]

Hi all,
 
Tanks for all of you that replayed to this question, all the answers were helpful.
 
Now I’ve a second question. On the event, television cameras will capture the meetings and video streaming will be sent to the Internet.
 
We a planning to have a dedicated 2 Mbit/s link in a standard Cisco 2811. Is this capable enough to handle the foreseen traffic?
 
Can someone advise?
 
Thanks in advance
 
Kind regards
 
Pedro Matusse
Telecomunicações de Moçambique (Mozambique Telecom)
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Noel Butler [mailto:noel.butler at ausics.net]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:58 AM
To: Ziv Leyes
Cc: Pedro Matusse; Cisco-NSP
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Bandwidth Vs Number of Users
 
On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 16:54, Ziv Leyes wrote:



Also, you may consider filtering what do they actually need and what they don't and 
block all the unnecessary bandwidth consuming apps, such as streaming, and give them 
ONLY what they need, if it's possible, that will save you some bandwidth.
 
 
 
You almost hit the nail on the head, it all comes down to what they want to do, 
on average only a small percentage of users are bandwith-hogs/leachers, with the 
vast majority being light surfing/email etc..
 
If you have 500 users, you could assume about 400 may be light users, anyone 
operating an ISP will tell you that its these nice folks that help offset the warez 
freaks who do use 100% of their bandwith 24/7, meaning you can get away with far less,
in reality, but if you have 500 warez kiddies, then your in trouble, unless of course 
you charge them accordingly :)
 
And invest in some traffic management devices such as packateer, well worth the cost, 
seriously with the bandwith savings they give you they'll pay for themselves in a month.