RAS> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:07:06 -0400 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> If there is more than ~150Gbps of traffic total (counting RAS> the traffic only once through the system) going through the RAS> US backbones I'd be very surprised. Oversimplifying the model, this works out to ~500 kbps per US citizen. Allowing for burstiness, I offer 50 GB/mo transfer as conservative for said bandwidth level. (I need to start pumping more traffic to catch up to my personal fair share!) Interesting point. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.