Comment Re:I read them both, it's telco whining as expecte (Score 1) 172
I doubt overbooking capacity is illegal in most countries - heck, overbooking flights isn't illegal either. And the overbooking ratios in e.g. DSL connections are HUGE. Of course in retrospect they shouldn't be and that's what's now causing problems, but thanks to overbooking we've had affordable broadband.
Let's take an example. You're a local medium-sized ISP with 1 million customers, each with a relatively new 24Mbps ADSL2+ line. In order to not oversell any capacity, you would need an outgoing connection of a cool 22Tbps to the outside world.
Nobody - I repeat NOBODY, not even the biggest ISPs in the world - have that fat pipes. Overbooking is, to some extent, inevitable.
Let's take an example. You're a local medium-sized ISP with 1 million customers, each with a relatively new 24Mbps ADSL2+ line. In order to not oversell any capacity, you would need an outgoing connection of a cool 22Tbps to the outside world.
Nobody - I repeat NOBODY, not even the biggest ISPs in the world - have that fat pipes. Overbooking is, to some extent, inevitable.
