On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Matthew Dalton wrote:
> > you, the user, are solely responsible for
> > monitoring your useage, and ensuring you stay within the floating limit at
> > all times.
>
> s/floating limit/(downward) floating limit/
>
> ... because as the high-bandwidth users are removed from the system, the
> average load decreases.
Which was the whole point of the ridiculous system they invoked.
care the shit out of everyone, making them go "Oh, if I download too much,
I'll be over the limit", which means they download less, which means the
limit DROPS, which means they download less again, which means the limit
DROPS MORE, which means....well, I'm sure you can see where it's going.
> > Which is bloody ridiculous.
>
> Oath!
>
> Optus users should unite, and organise to all download the same amount
> as each other so everyone stays under the limit (which is 10*average, I
> understand), and make that amount huge so that Optus' network collapses
> under it's own weight. Maybe then Optus will see the errors of their
> ways.
No argument. If everyone downloaded 9 times the average, and kept on doing
it {just inside the boundary}, then the average would continue to go up,
and you could download more without risk of being outside the boundary -
the exact opposite of what they want you to do.
DaZZa
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