[sldev] Cache speed experiment & results...

Tateru Nino tateru.nino at gmail.com
Thu Jun 5 22:51:35 PDT 2008



Jason Giglio wrote:
> Argent Stonecutter wrote:
>   
>> On 2008-06-04, at 00:04, Jason Giglio wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm all for metered bandwidth.
>>>       
>> I don't think "metered bandwidth" is a good term. Bandwidth is "how  
>> much you can transmit per unit of time", and is metered in units of  
>> bits-per-second. My bandwidth is capped to 256 kilobits per second,  
>> for example. This is good enough to play SL, but not enough to stream  
>> HD movies (or stream anything while I'm playing SL).
>>
>> What we're talking about here needs a different term. It's not a  
>> bandwidth cap, it's a total traffic cap.
>>     
>
>
> I don't know what you are talking about, but what I'm talking about is
> metered bandwidth.
>
> I.e. 0.1 cents per meg + $5/month as an example.  Like every other
> utility service known to man, in other words.
>
> Your water company does not turn off your water if you use over a
> certain amount, they just charge you more.  Internet service should be
> no different.
>
>   
Most countries either cut it off - or charge you extra. US$0.115 is a 
common amount to charge per million bytes (not per meg).


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