[cobalt-users] How many can I host on a T1 Line (Cobalt 4)

["Nicolae" <nicolaep@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:18:12 -0800
> From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: nobaloney.net
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] How many can I host on a T1 Line (Cobalt 4)
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Nicolae wrote:
> 
> > I wanted to know how many sites I can host on a Cobalt Raq 4
> > that it is hosted on a T1 line with a approx. 120-130Kbps download.
> 
> Could you be more clear?  Where's your RaQ4?  Is it on your cable line,
> or at your cable-company head, or at a separate ISP?

It is hosted with se*ver*ack.net.  I have cable at home. Time Warner
My RAQ 4 is hosted (co-located) with the co. I just mentioned.
It's theirs basically.

> > I have a cable modem at home with speeds over T1 or so.
> 
> Cable speed is notoriously variable.  Cable companies notoriously
> oversell their upstream bandwidth.

I am doing pretty well, I've tested from 4 different well known
sites for download speed and even upload.

> > I have my system patched for extra speed.
> 
> Where did you find this patch?  Some patches advertised to speed up
> systems actually slow them down.  You shouldn't mess with any settings
> not given you by your ISP (your cable company), and sometimes even they
> may not work; you should always be able to go back.  I presume you
> changed your MTU setting.  Most people have no idea how to change MTU
> settings, but they go around telling people to raise it or lower it. 
> Bad idea.

The patch I d/led was/is from: www.speedguide.net the desc is:
"Generic patch for Windows XP and Windows 2000  (all versions). 
This patch will optimize your TCP/IP Registry settings for high speed 
Internet connections."

> And certainly not a RaQ issue or one for this list <wry grin>.
> 
> > I uploaded a 30MB file to my RAQ.  I let is download for awhile.
> > I saw the burst of 240kbs or so than after few seconds it stayed
> > at approx 120-130kbs.
> 
> The internet can slow down anywhere.  It often does at cable-company
> heads, because that's where they take a few thousand customers each of
> which presumably can operate at T-1 speed, and squeeze them all into one
> or two T-1s to the Internet.
> 
> > Why I am asking is because I get 1.3Mbs approx. while download
> > via FTP from the site, but I get 130kbs via httpd.
> 
> If this is repeatable, then it could be a difference in speed between
> what httpd serves and what ftp serves.  Have you got the site (or any
> site on the same IP#) set in your RaQ to cap bandwidth?

It is a brand new RAQ 4 with no sites on it.  Only the main one.  Pardon
I do have sites with no traffic.  The default RAQ welcome page is still
posted/listed on most/all of them.  I just parked some domains I own.
 
> > I have no CAPed bandwidth (my isp says).
> 
> Which ISP?  Your cable company is your ISP.  Do you mean the colocation
> place that hosts your RaQ?  If so where is s/he, who is s/he, and what
> does their connectivity look like?

The co-located company which is mentioned above. They do not use cap
bandwidth and the speed I get from them is 120-130 or so kbs.

Although Business CABLE Modem program might just appear in my neighborhood.
I just wish they get it out sooner.  For extra a month they will provide
higher speed Cable access for business usage.  If I get T1 access via
my Cable company using their Business program for about $150/month I 
wouldn't mind using them.
 
> Lots of variables here; no easy answers.
> 
> > I also get speeds of 2.28Mbps (with ApolloHosting) when downloading
> > file(s) via FTP.  The burst I get via HTTP is 600 and quickly goes down
> > to 235 and stays there.
> 
> Presuming ApolloHosting is another company and NOT your RaQ, then it
> sounds like your cable company may very well be shaping or caping port
> 80 traffic.  I'd almost bet on it.

Nope, I've had 30 people test the site for me. I uploaded the 30mb file
and I had people from all over the world test the download speed. Some
were on Calble, DSL, and some had their own Co-located server on DS3 lines
and some were on major backbone lines.  I had a guy from IBM test it which
he did mention he had *major* speed../bandwidth.

> > That worries me is when I get 20 users at the same time downloading
> > pictures, viewing galleries or maybe even playing small sample
> > *.ra (real player) files of approx 1-3mgs encoded at: 65k in 
> the gallery.
> > Will my raq hold it. I know the raq is not made for streaming but how
> > many concured "live" connection can 140kbs can hold.
> 
> Where did this 140kbs come from?  140kbs is certainly NOT a T-1 line. 
> 140kbs can handle roughly three modem-based connections at a time.

I have a file located at: http://www.mp3bynet.com/xtunnel.zip 31mb
if it helps.

For a detail research on how I found out what speed I have or
results please check out this URL:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34565
 
Thanks for the suggestion and should have made things more 
clear before posting.  Although what I am concern about is
about the "140kbs is certainly NOT a T-1 line. 
140kbs can handle roughly three modem-based connections at a time."

I am not running a hosting company but would like to offer
the service to clients we do business with at very low cost.

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