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    Contention Ratio's on ADSL

    I understand whatthey are.

    But in the same breath..I don't.

    Lets take The High Street, Anytown, Anyplace. AA11 2BB

    Mr Smith lives at no 1 and Mr Jones at no 3,

    They both sign up to BT's service. Contention ratio of..lets say...50:1

    Then the family at 5, and 7 and 9 all sign up.

    Where is the contention ratio recorded from? The digital exhange in the town centre? The box at the end of the road?

    If the entire street ALL sign up to 512, and there are more of them than 50, does BT "create" A NEW THINGY? What IS the thingy?

    I move into No 2. I sign up with Zen.

    Nick moves into No 4 and signs up with Nildram/Pipex.

    No one elsefor MILES around sign u with Zen or Nildram.

    Do we both getthe ultimate bandwidth available on our contracts? Do we tellthe neighbours to NOPT use Zen or Nildram so we KEEP the good speeds

    Is the contention ratio set somewhere in the "internet"

    Do entire villages share the same contention ratio? What is it based around? A server somewhere 30 miles (of cable) away.

    Or the end of the street?

    Or at the ISP?

    I know thats bady worded. I have tried my best. But it has bothered me for ages.

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    much use as a chocolate Tea Pot

    Where is the contention set? What place in geographical terms? What about the ISP's involved.

    I'm gonna be harsh.....don't blush...
    READ THE FRIKKIN THREAD YOU.....MONKEY!!

    seriously though. Forget what that says....its no use to me.

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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    If memory serves correctly the DSLAM units at the exchange combine all the ADSL data from everyones lines onto a single pipe, which carries all Internet traffic and this is where BT set the contention ratio even if you are all on different ISP's.

    Edit - yeap this is backed up by the following thread with more acronyms than you can shake a stick at

    http://217.155.161.234/TechDocs/Tele...eral/adsl1.htm

    Happy reading this time - looks like Adslguide have changed theirs from the last time I read it a year or so ago
    Last edited by Lee H; 16-02-2005 at 06:18 PM.

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    http://usertools.plus.net/tutorials/id/11

    Another good guide - kudos for plusnet for putting it in plain english

    Mucho respect

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    now THAT is good stuff cheers

    Quote Originally Posted by Advice Trinity by Knoxville
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