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O is for Operator Hm... I thought this was NANOG. Presumably even universities have the capability to allocate costs to internal customers. more bits = good less bits = bad Pretty simple. The question that would be correct for this forum, is what techniques do network operators use to measure and scale service for high bandwidth applications. In message <[email protected]>, Jeff Mcadams writes: > >Thus spake Randy Bush >>> Since these apps are becoming more and more prevalent, as college students >>> are huge collectors of digital music, and as bandwidth is always a >>> concern, I am wondering what others in either the educational or business >>> community are doing in light of this. > >>pretending we're in business, charging for bandwidth, and crying all >>the way to the bank. > >>when the customer wants more of your product, and if you find this >>negative, then your business model needs re-evaluation. > >Considering that his email address ended in ".edu" and was asking his >question as a representative of such an institution (which you >considerably cut out of your response ;), I would say that your >statement about his business model needing re-evaluation is a bit >uncalled for. > >I will agree that you, as a business-person, would find the extra use of >bandwidth of something like napster nice because you then go on and >charge for the bandwidth...being in the business environment myself, I >wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment...but I also understand that >the original poster is not working from the same paradigm. :) >-- >Jeff McAdams Email: [email protected] >Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 >IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 > --- [email protected] Failure is a natural consequence of any nonscalable activity. -- PV
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