From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 7627 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2020 21:12:17 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Dec 2020 21:12:17 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 264629B950; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 07:12:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04DB893D37; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 07:11:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D65C093D37; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 07:11:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta01p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta01p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D83CC93D29 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 07:11:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep01p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20201212211141.SYWU8688.nsstlfep01p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:11:41 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedujedrudekgedgudegjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvffttedpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecugedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieetjeeuuefhfeeguedvudeifeevudfgvedtffekhfffjeekhfdutdetheethfenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5F73BFB019F1B559 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:11:41 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 0BCLBd69054217 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:11:40 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 0BCLBcs5054214 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:11:39 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 08:11:37 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20201210002916.GH3303@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: References: <1479.1607559546@hop.toad.com> <20201210002916.GH3303@mcvoy.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] Cole's Slaw X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, 9 Dec 2020, Larry McVoy wrote: > Because my ISP is below 100Mbit. And gigabit is fast enough for doing > backups, which is the only time I care about performance. Indeed. I don't do video streaming (I have something called "advert-free free to air television") but I do a lot of software updates, so I care more about download limits than speed. As a result, my current plan is unlimited download bytes, but my download speed is 50Mb/s; I can wait (my MacBook's updates happen overnight anyway)... My (wireless) LAN is around 250MB/sec; I don't care about speed so much as capacity. -- Dave