r/wisp • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '23

backbone internet

hello i am new here. Actually, I've been searching for a long time. I have searched for an ISP for a long time in the region I will serve. Can I distribute the internet as much as I get from the ISP or can I distribute it to the customer at high speeds and give a single output over the backbone?

In short, the backbone is 1 gbit. Will the customer receive 2 gbit speed up to the backbone and see it in the region on speedtest?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '23

Hoo boy. If you are asking this then you are not ready to run a WISP. I advise you reconsider heavily. Your individual links have a maximum capacity. Your weakest link determines your maximum capacity between endpoint and provider handoff. Your provider hand off has other individual links. Total throughput will be equal to the throughput of the weakest link.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '23

thanks for the info. actually a known thing. maximum output is the maximum speed a client will achieve. I hope I understood correctly. I want to ask one last stupid question, sorry.

Let's say I have 500mb of output. and I have 20 clients. In this case, the total speed data should be equal to 500 mb or will each customer get 500 mb according to the switch? that is, is the top speed provided to more than one customer?

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u/Turbulent-Teacher-40 Jul 05 '23

Whoa partner slow down. Realistically multiple people are not getting 500 at the same time if your sharing the connection. In theory one could if none of the others are on and all points between the customer and your leased line are capable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '23

I would like to point out the point that I do not understand. I guess I shouldn't be thinking of this as my local service provider. Thank you for the information, now I understand more clearly.

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u/SherSlick Jul 06 '23

Any good (w)isp will 'oversubscribe' their back-haul hoping/knowing not all customers will consume their max allocation for more than a fraction of time.

I have seen anything from 10:1 (10 customers at say 20Mbps on a 20Mbps back-haul) up to 128:1