Hoi, Have you been paying attention lately; our costs and our traffic are growing exponentially. We do not have a rosy balance sheet as it is. Users will be extremely unhappy when we are not able to continue to provide our service. They are used to our service not being the fastest around.
Why would a node that is close by be dead ??
NB when our customers find the argument "it's cheaper for us" not a good one, they have to realise that they are not paying customers. TANSTAAFL
Thanks, GerardM
Timwi schreef:
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Timwi schreef:
It would use less bandwidth, yes, but it would take much longer to serve a page.
Hoi, More relevantly it uses a fraction of the costs.
Which not something an end-user will see. If end-users see it become noticeably slower, they'll complain, full-stop. "It's cheaper for us!" is not a good excuse in the minds of most consumers.
When the nodes that serve user requests are close to the user,
What good is a node that is close to the user if it's dead?
Timwi