Re: Users to port ratio

Shawn (shawnc@ime.net)
Thu, 8 May 1997 13:29:34 -0400 (EDT)

On Thu, 8 May 1997, Steve Fogelson wrote:

> What is considered a good users (subscribers) to available ports
> (modems) ratio for an ISP? I need this to make some projections on
> router (livingston), equipments, lines, etc costs.

I see many ads boasting 12:1 ... Ours is 8:1.. a little better in our
"out in the woods" POPs..

> Have any of you marketed internet access as an employee benefit. IE:
> Employer (thru payroll deduction) purchases internet access on a group
> rate. One bill, many users.

Can't say we have done this, although we do sell internet access to
companies - and they often get discounts for many accounts... How they
turn around and give the accounts out or "resell" them to their employees
is beyond me..