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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Thu Jul 9 03:48:56 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 09:12:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <20150708134652.GH6354@pokute.pelzi.net>
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You also pay those utilities for usage. You don't do that for Internet. Wel=
l, most don't.=20
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Mike Hammett=20
Intelligent Computing Solutions=20
http://www.ics-il.com=20
Midwest Internet Exchange=20
http://www.midwest-ix.com=20
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jussi Peltola" <pelzi@pelzi.net>=20
To: nanog@nanog.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 8:46:52 AM=20
Subject: Re: Re: World's Fastest Internet=E2=84=A2 in Canadaland=20
On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 07:56:03AM +1000, Mark Andrews wrote:=20
> You don't think about the size of power lines coming into a house=20
> as they are overkill for just about anything you will do in the=20
> house.=20
>=20
> You don't think about the size of water pipes coming into a house=20
> as they are overkill for just about anything you will do in the=20
> house. Very occasionally you will want to connect directly to the=20
> mains (filling a pool) but otherwise the pipe is more that sufficient.=20
Water pipes are sized by pressure drop. You do not want your shower to=20
have fluctuating water pressure if the washer is on while you're there.=20
If you hook up a hose that is the same size as your water main, you can=20
get quite a lot of water at an unacceptable pressure drop, but this may=20
erode the pipe long-term and certainly makes it impossible to shower=20
while you're doing it.=20
Power cables are sized by voltage drop. If the power company sized the wire=
s=20
like they are usually done in houses (just big enough to not overheat=20
and no more) your lights would dim every time you turn any appliance on=20
and you would find it unacceptable. But you could get more power without=20
the cable catching fire if you replaced the main breaker with a bigger=20
one, just watch out for undervoltage and an upset power company.=20
For some reason, it seems some people have problems grasping the idea of=20
having an uncongested path to the Internet even though some of your=20
devices are downloading updates and someone in your family is watching=20
netflix.=20
I wonder if these people leave the tap dripping overnight into a bucket=20
so they can shower while not using more than a few liters per hour? Who=20
would possibly ever need more? And I assume they need to store city gas=20
in a bag to light up their cooker, too. And Tesla's home battery must be=20
the greatest thing since sliced bread. Who would possibly need more than=20
1-2kW of power per person?=20
Jussi=20
