Yep, need some headroom for usage variation, also things like mitigating DDoS attacks. You don’t want to be flatlining every time Apple puts out an iOS or OSX update, or every Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Or on a 4 day weekend in winter when all the kids are on Netflix/Youtube/Facetime. Or when some new game is released.
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2016 11:48 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] oversubscription again When you run out of headroom Any flat-topping is reason for concern. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2016 10:38 PM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] oversubscription again At what ratio do you decide to buy more provider bandwidth?