[rescue] Perverse Question

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Tue Jun 17 15:20:15 CDT 2003


On Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at 04:08 PM, Mike Meredith wrote:
>>> anything that an SS2 could chuck out (155Mbps now, 1Gbps within a
>>> year).
>>
>>    I think you'll find that type of bandwidth to be the exception,
>>    rather
>> than the rule.
>
> It might be relatively rare, but it isn't that exceptional. The
> university where I work is hardly the top of the pile, and the next
> university along the coast is having problems because their 1Gbps pipe
> is saturated.

   That's a *lot* of porn.

   I do believe, though, that if one were to look at all the net 
connections around, one would find that most of them are substantially 
slower than 155Mbs.

>>    But I fully accept the fact that, because it came out of my mouth,
>>    it
>> must be argued with, whether it's incorrect or not.
>
> Ouch. What I said was intended as a comment not a criticism.

   I'm having a rough time here.  Nothing personal.

     -Dave

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Dave McGuire             "I've grown hair again, just
St. Petersburg, FL           for the occasion."       -Doc Shipley



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