-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@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?
... >> 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 MailPlus B.V. Netherlands (ESP)
