<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_8212" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903">2 weeks is short period for a bridge, I think it would be the same for relay too.<br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_8896" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903"><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_8531" dir="ltr"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903">I've an EC2 bridge and mid-reply(at home) up for almost 2 months. Initially the usage is almost none on bridge, not even 500MB for 50 days, and advertised bandwidth is reported as 50-60KB/s. </span><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903">At one point <span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903"></span><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903"> I too had considered converting EC2 bridge to mid-relay because of no usage but I did not do that and decided to run 1 more month. </span>After 50 days bridge got a guard flag and usage is pretty much good (</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903"><span style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903">last 4 days - </span>18GB-Rx 18GB-Tx) . The advertised bandwidth is now at 500KB/s.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_10230" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12239" dir="ltr">There is nothing like unused bridge. So I would suggest you to wait for some more time.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12240" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12241" dir="ltr">PS: I'm actually considering to convert my mid-relay at home to a bridge. :)<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12584"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12251" dir="ltr">Thanks</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_12585" dir="ltr">Sasi<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_8894" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1423854476938_6903"> </span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, 11 February 2015 3:33 AM, Elliott Jin <elliott.jin@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7322034237"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I've had <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://globe.torproject.org/#/bridge/FD0814BDD15B2E591B04868B988D87FC6D331D2A">an EC2 bridge</a> up for 2 weeks, and it seems to have gotten no usage. I'm considering converting it into a middle relay instead, but before I do so, I'm just wondering:</div><div><ul><li>Is there value in having a marginal unused bridge "in reserve"?</li><li>Is this value greater than that of an active middle relay?</li></ul></div><div>Thanks!</div><div>-Elliott</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="yiv7322034237gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.admonymous.com/eyjin">Anonymous Feedback</a><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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