On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 08:01:39PM +0000, Simon Porter wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 18:52, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 06:50:44PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > > > > What QOS does the internet have in general? We need simply to have > > > > enough local bandwidth, enough of a buffer, enough parallel requests and > > > > enough redundancy. > > > > > > Assuming this isn't a rhetorical question - the only guarantee that the > > > Internet makes at the IP layer is that your packet will probably reach > > > its destination soon after you send it, and it probably won't be > > > corrupted. > > > > > > > What exactly about it is unreasonable? Non-broadband nodes are generally > > > > worthless. > > > > > > Well, many broadband connections can only upload at 20kbytes/sec, so for > > > a 40kbyte/sec stream you need two of them, irrespective of how you are > > > streaming. > > 40kBYTE per second?! Um, even with a factor of two overhead, that's > > enough for a video stream never mind an audio one. Besides my broadband > > has 1024/256kbps for ~ $50/mo... 256 upload is not _that_ uncommon. > > Here in the UK 256 is standard across all broadband packages. It is only > the downstream speed that varies between packages. Heh. I _am_ in the UK :).
Most DSL packages maybe, but the cheaper of the cable deals is only 512/128. > > > > > > > > NIO should help a lot [with load], and will be a primary focus of > > > > 0.5.2. > > > > What ClientInfo patch? > > > > > > I was given the impression that NIO would be a massive undertaking. you > > > don't think so? > > We shall see. > > > > > > Ian. > > > > > > -- > > > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > > > Latest Project http://locut.us/ > > > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/ > > > > -- > Simon Porter <hailstormxp at fairadsl.co.uk> > > > _______________________________________________ > devl mailing list > devl at freenetproject.org > http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > -- Matthew Toseland toad at amphibian.dyndns.org/amphibian at users.sourceforge.net Full time freenet hacker. http://freenetproject.org/ Freenet Distribution Node (temporary) at http://amphibian.dyndns.org:8889/nH8XJLg5bNs/ ICTHUS. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20030127/6cdca177/attachment.pgp>
