[tor-relays] New relay in USA: bridge or middle relay?

[teor]

Hi,

> On 8 Oct 2019, at 22:07, Isaac Grover, Aileron I.T. <igrover at aileronit.com> wrote:
> 
> Good morning from Wisconsin,
> 
> 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?

Good question.

Very few tor relays are actually under-utilised.

Many operators expect 100% utilisation, but low-latency protocols work
best around 10% utilisation. We're currently at 30%.

So feel free to deploy a middle, and if it's fast and stable enough,
it might become a guard.

Some bridges are kept in reserve. Others are handed out using less
popular methods. So feel free to deploy multiple bridges on the same
IP address or subnet.

T

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teor
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