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<body><div>hah, mine is -=severely=- under utilized......</div><div><br /></div><div>NO CPU Load: <a href="https://puu.sh/EyX6N/81a5d5c76e.png">https://puu.sh/EyX6N/81a5d5c76e.png</a></div><div><br /></div><div>4 Mbps of throughput 2 Mbps each way or only ~ 20Mbps ea way: <a href="https://puu.sh/EyX7F/b7885ce635.png" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://puu.sh/EyX7F/b7885ce635.png</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Plenty of bandwidth: <a href="https://puu.sh/EyX9O/65334af451.png" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://puu.sh/EyX9O/65334af451.png</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Even to Germany: <a href="https://puu.sh/EyXbI/33cb46ac55.png" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://puu.sh/EyXbI/33cb46ac55.png</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Even to Brazil: <a href="https://www.speedtest.net/result/8719378576" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.speedtest.net/result/8719378576</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Even to London: <a href="https://puu.sh/EyXk4/f86e74e856.png" style="font-size: 12pt;">https://puu.sh/EyXk4/f86e74e856.png</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I realize that "false advertising of bandwidth to abuse the network protocols" has impacted the "consensus weight" assigned to various nodes.</div><div><br /></div><div>But there -definitely- needs to be a more intelligent system developed for determining this.</div><div><br /></div><div>I just proved that I have 2 GIGABITS of bandwidth.... HUNDREDS to other countries, but there is 20 MegaBits flowing through my relay, lol.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>
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<div>From: "teor" <<a href="mailto:teor@riseup.net">teor@riseup.net</a>></div>
<div>To: <a href="mailto:tor-relays@lists.torproject.org">tor-relays@lists.torproject.org</a></div>
<div>Sent: 10/22/2019 4:53:25 AM</div>
<div>Subject: Re: [tor-relays] New relay in USA: bridge or middle relay?</div><div><br /></div>
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<tt style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="plain_line">Hi,</div>
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<div class="plain_line"> On 8 Oct 2019, at 22:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. <<a href="mailto:igrover@aileronit.com">igrover@aileronit.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="plain_line"> Good morning from Wisconsin,</div>
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<div class="plain_line"> After reading about how middle relays in the USA go largely underutilized, and having quietly run my own middle relay for several years, would it be more beneficial to the network to launch several new bridges instead of more middle relays?</div>
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<div class="plain_line">Good question.</div>
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<div class="plain_line">Very few tor relays are actually under-utilised.</div>
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<div class="plain_line">Many operators expect 100% utilisation, but low-latency protocols work</div>
<div class="plain_line">best around 10% utilisation. We're currently at 30%.</div>
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<div class="plain_line">So feel free to deploy a middle, and if it's fast and stable enough,</div>
<div class="plain_line">it might become a guard.</div>
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<div class="plain_line">Some bridges are kept in reserve. Others are handed out using less</div>
<div class="plain_line">popular methods. So feel free to deploy multiple bridges on the same</div>
<div class="plain_line">IP address or subnet.</div>
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<div class="plain_line">T</div>
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<div class="plain_line">teor</div>
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