[tor-bugs] #1854 [Analysis]: Investigate raising the minimum bandwidth for getting the Fast flag

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#1854: Investigate raising the minimum bandwidth for getting the Fast flag
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 Reporter:  arma                       |          Owner:  arma             
     Type:  task                       |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  normal                     |      Milestone:                   
Component:  Analysis                   |        Version:                   
 Keywords:  performance loadbalancing  |         Parent:                   
   Points:                             |   Actualpoints:                   
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Changes (by proper):

 * cc: adrelanos@… (added)


Comment:

 Please consider the psychological effects.

  * Please never let users who run Vidalia for years on slow connections
 somehow find out in press: your connection is considered too slow, you
 wasted one year of electricity running Vidalia with volunteer option,
 without volunteering anything.
  * In any case someone won't volunteer anymore: please show them a big fat
 warning, so they won't waste their uptime.
  * As Paul suggested: please keep the numbers. Try to talk them into
 becoming bridges or just select them very rarely.
  * And finally, please don't tell people, residential connections aren't
 of a big help, keep the community spirit alive!

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