[NCLUG] Linux-friendly satellite modem service

[Quent]

That makes more sense.  It also makes sense for people to pay for the
bandwidth they use.

I don't know about other games, but a Quake server can easily saturate
a T-1 with just a few users :-)

With things like games, MP3 (soon to be replaced by Ogg Vorbis) and
streaming video, 256 is hardly enough. I don't think any of us will be
satisfied until we have fiber to our geek habitats!

	Quent

On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 09:54:25PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote:
> 
> mike cullerton writes...
> 
> > on 12/17/00 1:12 PM, Matt Taggart at matt at lackof.org wrote:
> > 
> > > CWX is very Linux friendly. It's also going to be cheaper and have better
> > > latentcy than any of the satelite solutions.
> > 
> > ya, but if you actually use bandwidth, they ask you to leave. i've got two
> > friends who were CWX members who were asked to leave because they created
> > too much traffic playing online computer games.
> 
> <rant>
> No, if you're not being a good network citizen you are asked to be. The coop 
> buys our bandwidth from FRII on a 95% percentile basis. All it takes is a 
> couple bad apples to drive our bandwidth bill through the roof. As a 
> cooperative we can't afford to have our bandwidth bill double due to a couple 
> users. The people in question were asked repeatedly to cut back for several 
> months and failed to do so. These two customers were using more bandwidth than 
> the other 30 combined. IIRC, after they did not cut back there was talk of 
> increasing rates for people who were contributing more that their fair share 
> of the bandwidth. Then these users dropped out. I may have things mixed up but 
> that's how I remember it.
> 
> BTW- they we're consuming a very large amount of bandwidth. I have 4 systems 
> here and run serveral web/mail servers and that's not a problem. IIRC these 
> guys had 3-4 gamers in the house playing 5-6 hours a day plus game servers 
> running a lot of the time. We were still willing to have them in the coop but 
> not if they weren't going to pay their own way and spoil it for the rest of us.
> 
> FRII also has limits as to the amount of data you can pull on a monthly basis. 
> If you go over the generic amount they start charging you more. This shouldn't 
> be a surprise to anyone.
> </rant>
> 
> As one of CWX's longest customers, I've been very happy with the service. The 
> bandwidth and latency are very good and I can do things I couldn't do with 
> cable/dsl like have extra static IPs, run servers, etc.
> 
> Plus for a lot of people, myself included, its the only option.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Taggart
> matt at lackof.org
> 
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