Take a page out of JABs handbook and just tell them to go &^%$ themselves if they dont like it
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Mathew Howard via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > I would probably just match it to the rest of your system. my guess is > the majority of them won't even notice the difference... if you've cleaned > up a lot of self interference issues, a lot of them will likely work better > than they did before with the all the self interference issues. You > probably will get a few that are mad they can't get 10mbps on a speed test > at 2am anymore though... > ------------------------------ > *From:* Af [af-boun...@afmug.com] on behalf of Glen Waldrop via Af [ > af@afmug.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 08, 2014 11:51 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Purchasing another WISP > > I just bought another WISP, negotiating with another. > > The previous owners set up the system using Rocket M900 using 20MHz > channels on everything, stomping all over itself and everyone else in the > band. I changed that, did my best to stop the self interference, smaller > channels, etc... > > This was just a tiny bit of back story to show what I've gotten myself in > to. > > Everyone has unlimited access to their 10Mb fiber, which I have replaced > by tying it into my network. > > There was no traffic shaping, no speed limits, no QoS. Most of them aren't > heavy users, just a couple that run torrents 24/7. The P2P folks have been > limited already. Not terribly worried about upsetting them. > > I'm a bit concerned I'm going to anger my new customers by matching the > same config I have for my system of 1Mb/4Mb. > > How did/would you guys handle situations like this? My main QoS at the > edge prevents any one person from hogging all the bandwidth. > > I'm currently torn between QoS at the tower and uncapping the CPE or > limiting the CPE as I've always done. > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
