I'll be suprised if anyone can answer this question. but here goes
Do servers providing a public service contend access to applications via their network card. ie If a client has 2Mb uncontended internet access attempts to download a file via ftp, http etc from a server in a remote location will the client have 2mb from his host to the server and be able to download stuff from the server at a rate of 2Mbps or will the server restrict how much bandwidth a single user may consume.
lets assume their is no contention anywhere in the network.
My question is focusing on the server technology and how it manages client access. Many web servers have 10Mb outbound access. So my question is if 5 2Mb clients were to download from the server would the server permit 5 clients to hog the network card or does each client get limited.