> Better docs on Channel API quota use are coming, but the reason the
> CPU charge is so high is that the CreateChannel charges up-front for 2
> hours of connect time by clients. It is true that if you have the same
> user connecting repeatedly for a short time but spread out over
> periods of time longer than two hours (obviously degenerate case would
> be connecting for a couple of minutes every two hours and one second),
> the charge will be high. One thing I'm looking at is the ability to
> create a token that expires after an application-specified period, if
> your application's usage patterns warrant it.
> 
> Note that you can store the token for re-use in eg. a cookie so you
> don't need to regenerate it more frequently than every two hours.
> 
> Sending a message doesn't charge any CPU time at all (since the
> connection's already established), just outbound bandwidth.

It being the first version, I was hoping that it took so much CPU time because 
it had room for improvements. Does this mean that it's unlikely for the CPU 
costs of setting up a channel to come down?

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