[tor-talk] Multicore, bandwidth, relays, capacity, location

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On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 03:30:54 -0400
Roger Dingledine <arma at mit.edu> wrote:

> Normal networks start to fall apart when they
> reach around 20-30% of total capacity.

Could you substantiate this claim?
As a network engineer, based on my experience (which may be biased),
I find this hard to believe.

With the rest of your mail I fully agree.

-n

p.s. I also concur that an ideal network should always have way more
available than used capacity in order to provide a decent level of
service.