In the linked blog post to init7 (translated), it says this:
“Backhaul means the return of the data to the backbone, i.e. to the connecting area of the network. The backbone connects the various subnets. Each Fiber7 pop is newly connected with at least 100Gbit/sec backhaul capacity, which corresponds to 10 to 50 times over-provision”
Is that a normal over provisioning rate for an internet connection? It seems like each pop can only support four people at maximum speed before bandwidth would drop.
It’s not just normal, init7 is doing better than many big players in this regard.
For comparison: init7 POPs used to be connected with 10 Gbit/s “only”, so even 10 people maxing out their Gigabit line would saturate the uplink. This turned out to never be a problem over the years, I would always get maximum speed. The average usage is very low, in part also because transfers complete so quickly.
I’m sure if they are a decent ISP and observe constant congestion on an uplink they would just upgrade it (e.g. create a port channel with two 100G links).
Is that a normal over provisioning rate for an internet connection? It seems like each pop can only support four people at maximum speed before bandwidth would drop.
https://blog.init7.net/de/neue-infrastruktur/