Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

The discussion about what the consoles can or can not do is honestly not
solving anything.

Saying that the consoles should or should not be doing a thing is simply
trying to throw the problem to someone else.

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 15:40 Carsten Bormann <cabo () tzi org> wrote:

> On 2020-02-12, at 20:45, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> > Aren't most modern consoles on whether they're "on" or not? IE: It's not
> a full power up from a dead stop, 0 watts power usage.
>
>
> https://www.anandtech.com/show/7528/the-xbox-one-mini-review-hardware-analysis/5
> says two-digit standby power (which they say is needed for background
> updating).  At least in Germany, nobody sane will leave the thing in that
> expensive mode (a watt-year is $3 here).  Switchable extension power cords
> are being actively marketed here for these power hogs.
>
> Grüße, Carsten