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----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Beecher" <[email protected]> To: "Carsten Bormann" <[email protected]> Cc: "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 5:31:49 AM Subject: Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that The discussion about what the consoles can or can not do is honestly not solving anything. Saying that the consoles should or should not be doing a thing is simply trying to throw the problem to someone else. On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 15:40 Carsten Bormann < [email protected] > wrote: On 2020-02-12, at 20:45, Mike Hammett < [email protected] > wrote: > > Aren't most modern consoles on whether they're "on" or not? IE: It's not a > full power up from a dead stop, 0 watts power usage. https://www.anandtech.com/show/7528/the-xbox-one-mini-review-hardware-analysis/5 says two-digit standby power (which they say is needed for background updating). At least in Germany, nobody sane will leave the thing in that expensive mode (a watt-year is $3 here). Switchable extension power cords are being actively marketed here for these power hogs. Grüße, Carsten
