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. > > > 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/ >
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