From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Apr 20 11:25:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA04418 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:25:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04412 for ; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:25:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (WEBSPAN/970116) with ESMTP id OAA05629; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (WEBSPN/970116) with ESMTP id OAA12047; Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:24:06 -0400 (EDT) To: Damian Hamill cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: News... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:50:34 BST." <3357C27A.63DECDAD@cablenet.net> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:24:06 -0400 Message-ID: <12044.861560646@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Damian Hamill wrote in message ID <3357C27A.63DECDAD@cablenet.net>: > One of the principle costs in running an ISP is the cost of bandwidth. > Usenet is a big hit on bandwidth, the cost of which is disproportionate > to the revenue generated from those that actually use it. Anything > which can reduce this major cost centre will be beneficial to ALL ISPs, > regardless of size. Actually, the bigger the ISP, the smaller the hit (at least on external b/w ... internal b/w is another matter). I doubt Erols, even though they are #1 on FreeNIX, even notice the impact of news on their outbound DS3's, after 20,000 dialins have eaten their chunk. > There just isn't enough bandwidth... ever... A truer word has never been spoken. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info