[WBEL-users] What to do with idle bandwidth and processor?

[Graham Purcocks]

Not in my world it doesn't. All ISPs state a contention ratio which is 
around 1:50 for home use and 1:20 for business. 'implied' isn't the same 
as 'stated'.

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> I hate it when ISP's say this. I understand the pricing model. I
> understand the economics. However 9 times out 10 who ever did the sales
> on that DSL line marketed it as or implied "dedicated" bandwidth.
> 
> Luckily my ISP doesn't do that, and they have the capacity to handle it.
> If your ISP did this, change.
> 
> 
> 
>  
> On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 02:59, Nick Bright wrote:
> 
>>As an ISP I have to second what Chris said here. The bandwidth you buy 
>>isn't "dedicated", it's shared. For small service providers like me, it 
>>can get eaten up in a hurry if lots of people use their "spare" 
>>bandwidth to do things like seed torrents, or just download lots of crap 
>>they don't need. Sure you're paying for it, but by far the cost to 
>>constantly feed a saturated DSL line is WAY more than that customer pays.
>>
>>I guess my point is: don't feel shy about using your line, but don't 
>>waste other peoples' resources friviously.
>>
>>- Nick Bright
>>  Terraworld, Inc
>>   http://home.terraworld.net
>>
>>Chris Mason wrote:
>>
>>
>>>If you are on an ADSL line, it’s not spare bandwidth, it’s shared bandwidth.
>>>The resources you want to hog are shared with others on the ISPs network,
>>>and you will be taking from them. Most of the time it will not affect
>>>everyone but during peak times, you will be causing slowdowns.
>>>ADSL is priced attractively because domestic users don't host repositores
>>>etc. If you want to do that you should move to dedicated bandwidth, be ready
>>>for sticker shock.
>>>
>>>Chris Mason
>>>masonc at masonc.com
>>>Box 340, The Valley, Anguilla, British West Indies
>>>Tel. (264) 497-5670 - Cell: (264) 235-5670 - Also (305)-735-3483   
>>>Fax: (264) 497-8463 - US Fax (815)301-9759
>>>Yahoo IM: netconcepts_anguilla at yahoo.com
>>>Skype ID: netconcepts
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org 
>>>>[mailto:whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org] On Behalf Of kirby
>>>>Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:19 AM
>>>>To: whitebox-users at beau.org
>>>>Subject: [WBEL-users] What to do with idle bandwidth and processor?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This is more of a generic question that I thought this list 
>>>>might have some
>>>>input on...
>>>>
>>>>While I am at work or sleeping my computer and DSL don't do much...
>>>>
>>>>I run SETI at home in the background since it doesn't affect 
>>>>my performance
>>>>at all.
>>>>Occasionally I'll launch bit torrent on a large DVD or maybe 
>>>>Shareaza if I
>>>>have idle bandwidth.
>>>>
>>>>I'd consider hosting a repository, but I think 256k upload 
>>>
>>>>from my machine
>>>
>>>>might not be welcome :-)
>>>>
>>>>So ... Being a civic minded type.. Any ideas on what to do 
>>>>with my spare
>>>>bandwidth and CPU?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>Steve
>>>>
>>>>
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