[175741] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Industry standard bandwidth guarantee?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Hofstee)
Fri Oct 31 07:21:18 2014
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From: David Hofstee <david@mailplus.nl>
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:21:12 +0100
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Van: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog=2Eorg] Namens Joe Greco
Verzonden: Friday, October 31, 2014 12:02 PM
Aan: Rafael Possamai
CC: keith tokash; nanog@nanog=2Eorg
Onderwerp: Re: Industry standard bandwidth guarantee?
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>> A silly example would be this: you fill your gas tank with 12 gallons=
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>> After driving until it's empty, your engine only used an average of 6=
=20
>> gallons to actually move you from point A to point B=2E The other 6 wer=
e=20
>> just wasted in form of heat=2E Do you ask for your money back at the ga=
s station?
>> Or maybe you invest in a hybrid car?
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>That *is* a silly example=2E
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>A more proper analogy would be that you buy 12 gallons of gas, but the st=
ation only deposits 11 gallons in your tank because the=20
>pumps are operated by gasoline engines and they feel it is fine to count =
the number of gallons pulled out of their tank instead of the amount given =
to the customer=2E
And bits/s is exactly what you get=2E With your example: You don't get kil=
ometers at the gas stations, you get quantities of gas (e=2Eg=2E a liter)=
=2E And depending on a lot of factors, you get a distance from that quantit=
y=2E=20
David Hofstee
Deliverability Management
MailPlus B=2EV=2E Netherlands (ESP)
