Re: SkyCache/Cidera replacement?

["Andrew - Supernews" <andrew () supernews net>]

> > > > > "jason" == jason  <jason () dixongroup net> writes:

 jason> Probably.  Yes.

 jason> IIRC, a full feed of usenet (3 years ago) was approx 250GB+
 jason> per day.  The overwhelming majority of that was multi-part
 jason> binaries.  Cut them out and you should have plenty of room
 jason> across the transponder, which (again, 3 years ago) was capable
 jason> of DS3 capacity.

 jason> I haven't had the misfortune of dealing with usenet feeds
 jason> since then, so I'm unfamiliar with the requirements of nntp
 jason> peering today.

A dedicated OC3 wouldn't really be enough any more, for the full feed
(150+ megabits at peak times, average maybe 130 megabits over a day -
i.e. 1300 - 1350 GB/day on a heavy day).

Cut out the multipart binaries upstream and you only need about a
megabit.

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