RE: Industry standard bandwidth guarantee?

[David Hofstee <david () mailplus nl>]

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] Namens Joe Greco
Verzonden: Friday, October 31, 2014 12:02 PM
Aan: Rafael Possamai
CC: keith tokash; nanog () nanog org
Onderwerp: Re: Industry standard bandwidth guarantee?

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> > A silly example would be this: you fill your gas tank with 12 gallons...
> > After driving until it's empty, your engine only used an average of 6 
> > gallons to actually move you from point A to point B. The other 6 were 
> > just wasted in form of heat. Do you ask for your money back at the gas station?
> > Or maybe you invest in a hybrid car?
>
> That *is* a silly example.
>
> A more proper analogy would be that you buy 12 gallons of gas, but the station only deposits 11 gallons in your tank 
> because the 
> pumps are operated by gasoline engines and they feel it is fine to count the number of gallons pulled out of their 
> tank instead of the amount given to the customer.

And bits/s is exactly what you get. With your example: You don't get kilometers at the gas stations, you get quantities 
of gas (e.g. a liter). And depending on a lot of factors, you get a distance from that quantity. 





David Hofstee

Deliverability Management
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