What is a good contention ratio?

Contention ratio is the amount (or ratio) of an Internet service provider’s bandwidth that is shared between clients. The best contention ratio is a 1:1 (a low ratio). A low contention ratio means that more bandwidth is available to you on the network at any time. The lower the contention, more expensive the service.

What is the contention ratio for fiber?

The ratio of how they oversell their services is referred to as a contention ratio. For example, the contention ratio of most other ISP’s business products is set at 10:1. This basically means for every 1 MBps they sell, it is shared between 9 other Businesses/users, 10 including yourself.

What is contention ratio in networking?

Let’s start off with the definition, contention ratio describes the number of users that are sharing data capacity on a network. A contention ratio of 50:1 is the standard rate for home networks. This ratio means that 50 people are likely to be using the same bandwidth as you at any one time.

What is the contention ratio of Airtel?

The regulations for consumers are 1:50 and 1:30 for residential and business customers respectively. In other words, if I have 100 megabits of bandwidth to the outside world, I can supply no more than 5,000 residential customers.

Is FTTP contended?

FTTP Broadband (Fibre to the Premises) As with copper based broadband, fibre based FTTC and FTTP services are contended, with no SLAs or fix time guarantees. However, the increased speeds available are attractive to many customers in areas where the service can be received.

What Fibre speed do I need for Netflix?

about 3Mbps
For Netflix, the minimum speed required is about 3Mbps for standard streaming and 5Mbps for HD. If it’s Ultra HD you’re after, you typically need at least 15Mbps for YouTube, while it’s 25Mbps for Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, if you want to avoid buffering.

Does FTTP have contention?

Contention – FTTP is a shared service, usually shared less than traditional ADSL but the contention ration is usually around 20:1. Leased Lines are shared with no one giving you 1:1 contention. This makes a big impact at peak times with stability of the line.

What is contention free service?

Contention-free pollable (CF-Pollable) is a state of operation for wireless networking nodes. A device that is able to use point coordination function is one that is able to participate in a method to provide limited Quality of service (for time sensitive data) within the network.

What is ‘contention ratio’ and why does it matter?

Well, to put it simply, ‘contention ratio’ refers to how many users are sharing the data capacity on a provider’s line. To put it even simpler, it’s a count of how many households are using the same main broadband line as you.

What is contention ratio in broadband?

Contention ratio is one of those terms you may have heard used in relation to broadband services, but you may not know exactly what it means, and whether it is a problem. Along with your download speed and the distance you live from your street cabinet, contention ratio is one of the things that can have an effect on your broadband connection.

Will my line speed be affected by a poor contention ratio?

However – here’s the good news! Your line speed only tends to be seriously affected by a poor contention ratio if you’re subscribed to standard ADSL broadband. Fibre optic broadband, on the other hand, has a far higher capacity – so more people can share a line at once without getting a major dip in speeds.

Is there a broadband ratio checker or calculator available?

There are no broadband ratio checkers or calculators available. The best and most factual information available to help you understand the impact or slow down of your internet connection during peak time is the Ofcom home broadband report (published 8th May 2019). Extract of the relevant section below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5L0INevTvo