Hello Perry. 5 TB/month for 20 euro/month at transip in the NL. I run a non-exit relay there. (Thinking about making it an exit.) Kees
-- Kees on the move > On 25 Sep 2014, at 03:03, Mike Perry <mikepe...@torproject.org> wrote: > > Moritz Bartl: >> Prices vary widely across different countries. We pay between $400 and >> $1500 per Gbit/s per month in "popular and cheap locations". In a >> scenario where we want to grow the network and at least keep the current >> geographical diversity (or even grow it), we'd have to at least equally >> strengthen less fortunate locations. > > Right. With just one or two identity fingerprints, I can give an > estimate on the minimum cost to build an equivalent Tor network with the > same capacity, as I have already done. This is not very interesting, > though, as you point out. > > But with just one or two good example identity fingerprints (with > pricing) in key locations, I can tell us how much investment it would > take to build the Tor network with the diversity we want, using our > current load balancing and network load. > > In other words, I can easily calculate what it would cost to ensure that > the network path selection was made up of W% of RU, X% of US relays, Y% > of EU relays, Z% of JP relays, etc etc. > > With many more datapoints I can tell us how much the current Tor network > actually costs with its current diversity, but I think that is actually > less interesting, unless we wanted to be able to make assumptions like > "As soon as we start paying people for bandwidth, all of (or X% of) our > volunteers will instantly disappear" (which seems unlikely to me, but > others think is a realistic concern). > > *But* In order to do any of this, I need specific identity fingerprints > and prices to do that calculation first. Again, I want to extrapolate > from real relays, using our current load balancing. > > So far only two people have given me identity fingerprints with actual > pricing information. I need way more. > > > -- > Mike Perry > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > tor-relays@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays