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Overbooking – how providers divide up the bandwidth
Most providers advertise their Internet subscriptions with the maximum available bandwidth - in addition to the price. These two parameters are easily comparable for customers and are often the decisive criterion when making a choice - if you have a choice at all.
However, when these upgrades actually take place can vary depending on the self-image, return expectations, peering policy or the personal taste of the network architect. A sarcastic recommendation in the industry says: “Design the capacity in such a way that no customer ever feels compelled to call support and complain about their slow Internet”. During primetime on Sunday evening at 8:30 pm, on the other hand, the Netflix stream is jerky, the shooter game lags and updating the apps on your cell phone takes forever.
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