http://netflow.nac.net/mrtg/switch1.oct.nac.net/469/switch1.oct.nac.net-469.html
tempest.nac.net is a qmail box with ~18,000 pop boxes.
As you can see, our weekly average is ~350 kb/s, with a peak at 1 mb/s.
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Russell P. Sutherland wrote:
> * Marek Narkiewicz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [ 1 Feb 2000 23:02]:
>
> > I hate to ask such a general question, but hat sort of bandwidth is needed to
>accomodate up to 10000 home
> > dialup users for smtp and pop3 services? I just need some sort o rough estimate as
>I have a budget to
> > overcompensate somewhat.
>
> I help with an ISP that has a base of ~ 1500 users and 150 dialup
> lines. We connect to the Internet with a full T1 line (1.5 Mbps).
> The line gets close to saturation most evenings.
>
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