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Re: DCAnet (was: Re: [PLUG] Comcast Crackdown)
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2002, Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 09:54:34AM -0500, Rebecca Ore wrote:
> > Thing is that NNTP servers that can't handle the full feed (now
> > running from 13 to 14.2 Gigabytes per hour on average)
>
> I seem to recall a book published a few years ago which stated that in
> order to get a full newsfeed, it required a dedicated T-1 running at
> full capacity 24/7.
It's now a dedicated T-3 running at full capacity 24/7. Has been for about two years.
The biggie is outgoing bandwidth since every article just comes in once, but
goes out many times -- to the peers and to whichever users want to download it.
Total text-only is about a gig a day.
--
Rebecca Ore
http://www.ogoense.net
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