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Article #478Re: Do proxy server cache improve the broadband experience?
From: Scott Norwood
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:50
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:50
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In article <hEUh6.2302$S25.19095@typhoon.sonic.net>, John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote: > >3. As I noted in my prior reply, cache bypass is selfish and >counterproductive, since it reduces efficiency to the detriment of other >subscribers. Is this really true in all cases? Suppose I only visit unpopular web sites (i.e. _not_ Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.); how does bypassing a caching proxy reduce the bandwidth available to other subscribers? -- Scott Norwood: snorwood@nyx.net, snorwood@redballoon.net Cool Home Page: http://www.redballoon.net/ Lame Quote: Penguins? In Snack Canyon?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1122a6,e88ea5e38fc300b9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1122a6,public X-Google-Thread: 113850,828b09f3ded313cb X-Google-Attributes: gid113850,public X-Google-Thread: f5dc1,e88ea5e38fc300b9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5dc1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-12 12:53:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!news.iac.net!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: snorwood@redballoon.net (Scott Norwood) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems.cable,comp.dcom.xdsl,bellsouth.net.support.adsl Subject: Re: Do proxy server cache improve the broadband experience? Date: 12 Feb 2001 20:50:27 GMT Organization: Society for World Domination Lines: 18 Message-ID: <969iai$t03$1@news.panix.com> References: <Kksh6.220290$y9.36296332@typhoon.we.rr.com> <SmKh6.2267$S25.17580@typhoon.sonic.net> <3A87F6AA.EB02398@mynetwatchman.com> <hEUh6.2302$S25.19095@typhoon.sonic.net> Reply-To: snorwood@redballoon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: panix6.panix.com X-Trace: news.panix.com 982011027 29699 166.84.0.231 (12 Feb 2001 20:50:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Feb 2001 20:50:27 GMT X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Originator: snorwood@panix.com (Scott Norwood)