News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: What should I do with my leftover bandwidth?.

Re:Ask HN: What should I do with my leftover bandwidth? by gregjor on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:54AM (#38138273)
I have multiple water spigots in my home, I never have them all open all the way. I don't use all the electricity available to me either. I don't breathe all the air that surrounds me.

Bandwidth isn't a perishable resource. If you don't use it then it's available to other people. I get the impression you overpay for bandwidth capacity you don't need and a static IPv4 address. You could just pay for what you need, free up the static IP, and then not have to signal like this.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: What should I do with my leftover bandwidth? by fredp on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:35AM (#38138690)
Not sure what “signal like this” means, but gigabit is the lowest bandwidth package offered and I do use my static IP already.

Electricity and water are metered… bandwidth is not.

idk why you have to be hostile

[ Parent | on HN ]