Re: Free Internet & IPv6

Ofcourse if you werent rate limited.

regardd
arjuna
On Sep 20, 2012 4:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Bandwidth (actually bitrate - bandwidth is a "classic error" too, as us
radio guys continue to grit our teeth at the confusion...) is useless
without adequately quick latency.
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> Hence, it is unused so that low latency can be present when it is
(suddenly and unpredictably) needed.
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> When someone talks about "filling up bandwidth" - the only image that
pops into mind is a completely clogged city road system (LA freeways during
rush hour).  Full utilization of pavement - must be the best of all
possible worlds!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Daniel Havey" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 9:20pm
> To: "Fred Baker (fred)" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Arjuna Sathiaseelan" <[email protected]>, "Jon
Crowcroft" <[email protected]>, "<[email protected]>" <
[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [e2e] Free Internet & IPv6
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> So those who purchase blocks of bandwidth may give N-P to the community
if they choose?
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> Hmmm, that is probably okay, but, N changes over time (diurnal cycle,
etc.). When my N increases to near P then the community must drop off the
link because the paying users are using it.
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> This sounds a little like whitespace.
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> ...Daniel
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> --- On Wed, 9/19/12, Fred Baker (fred) <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > From: Fred Baker (fred) <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [e2e] Free Internet & IPv6
> > To: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Jon Crowcroft" <[email protected]>, "Arjuna Sathiaseelan"
<[email protected]>, "<[email protected]>" <
[email protected]>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 6:00 PM
> >
> > On Sep 19, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Daniel Havey wrote:
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> > > I wonder why the bandwidth is unused in the first
> > place?
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> > The most common reason is related to the diurnal cycle. When
> > everyone's asleep, only the backup tool is running.
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> > The one after that is that bandwidth is generally purchased
> > (for money) in fixed increments. If I need N bps and my
> > options are M and P, where M < N < P, I either accept
> > being congested some percentage of the time and go with the
> > lower value, or increase to the upper one. In the latter
> > case, I never use P-N.