Would the number of users affect a cybercafe network ?

Question

Right now I'm in a cybercafe with 14 other people. To me, the internet is slowing down when more people use it in a cybercafe. But I still wonder if that is actually true. Even if the cybercafe has a very large space for a hundred computers, would the flow of the internet still be affected by the number of peolpe using it ?

Answer 1

If you're using Cable Conenction, then it is right. Because Cable connetion depends on the number of users on the street. DSL depends on distance. You're internet conention should probably slow down. Because you may not have a great bandwidth to let 14 computers working at the same time. To speed it up, you can upgrade your connetion into Cable conenction with the speed of 16Mbps to 20Mbps or DSL connection from Verizon in 30Mbps!

Good Luck,

Answer 2

99times out of 100, Yes!

The cybercafe probably just has one big "internet" line coming in (such as T1, or faster), and it is being split by all of the users.

Very rarely, you can find a cybercafe that has a dsl line for each computer, but this is usually only if they have a few computers, and charge more for dedicated lines like these.

Answer 3

Yes it does slow down the response that you get from the computer. Even though there may be several computers in the cafe, they are all likely using the same server to access the internet. Imagine if you were in a room all by yourself and you decided to run out of the door. You could go straight through the door with no problem. Now imagine if you were in a room with 30 people and you all tried to get out of the door at the same time. It would get congested and the access to get out of the door would slow down considerably. The internet acts the same way. The cafe would have to increase the bandwith if everyone who is logging in would not have to wait for the pages to load.

Answer 4

Remember that each Internet connection has a finite capacity. As you add users on the LAN side, you have more users competing for the capacity. While you may easily handle 5 users, for example, you may be strained to handle 10 users. The cafe may have a DSL with 1.5 Mbps down and 512 Kbps up - and 15 users simultaneously in download mode averages to 100 Kbps - which is fairly slow.

Answer 5

The more users you have on a network, the less bandwidth you have for each user.
True for wirless networks as well as cable networks.

If you have an Apple Pie and want to share it with your mate, you cut it in half.
However if you want to share it with your football team, how many pieces do you have and how big are they? Same thing applies to networks.