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Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that


From: Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 13:21:24 -0600

Once upon a time, Hugo Slabbert <hugo () slabnet com> said:
This just follows the same rules as networks have always seemed to; If
you build it, they will come, and you'll have to build more. :)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_demand

Yep, just like your disk space requirements will always grow to 110% of
available space.

I get annoyed when I'm chatting with friends, waiting to play some game
we decided to download, and it's ONLY downloading at 300 megabits per
second! :P
-- 
Chris Adams <cma () cmadams net>


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