[sldev] Cache speed experiment & results...

[ordinal.malaprop at fastmail.fm]

On 6 Jun 2008, at 06:46, 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.

I think that what he is talking about is that what is being referred  
to here and elsewhere as "bandwidth" is not bandwidth, but quantity of  
data transferred.

(Incidentally my water is not metered, but that's by the by.)