Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 14:24:06 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: News... Message-ID: <12044.861560646@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Apr 1997 19:50:34 BST." <3357C27A.63DECDAD@cablenet.net>
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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
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