How are they able to support thousands of users at one time? I do a speed test and they aren’t like fiber optics level of speeds so how can they have so many users at one time? Is it because there are so many routers placed around the area? But even when I’m on campus I don’t see any wireless routers outside.
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Collages usually have Multiple fiber connections bound together to service the campus. 100+ Gigabytes per second. they divvy this out with routers to all the students, staff and support equipment. So you sitting on your bed in your dorm room get a small chunk of all that. They can, and do tightly control how much bandwidth any one endpoint (computer) can get, which is why you don’t see fiber speeds on student devices.
The metering is done through Routers and Access points and Servers, to make sure no one person can monopolize the connection. and essential services can still get through, even if things are congested. Large scale network design is complicated, and pretty interesting. making sure 10,000 students can all get on youtube at the same time is not a trivial task. there is a lot of hardware and software to make that work. Hundreds of access points, Switches and miles of cable connecting everything.
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