Well that average is wrong. I get around 300kbps for my downloads... On May 29, 2013 10:26 AM, "Maimun Rizal" <maimun.ri...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Karsten, > Thank you for fast reply. > So, now more clear for me to understand. > I try to calculate average Bandwidth per User based on Data from > metrics.torproject.org and I got around 30-40 Kbps/user. but it is total > bandwidth/average daily user. if I want to calculate end-to-end bandwidth, > the result i divide 3. with assumption we have 3 relays to establish > connection (Entry, middle and exit). each relays have equal bandwidth (only > assumption, in the reality, total bandwidth for 3 relays are different). > then, average bandwidth connection is 10 - 15 Kbps. > in VoIP case, we need 30-35 Kbps (iLBC and Speex codec) to have good > quality calls. > then my next question, does TOR ensure the bandwidth for users? at least > each user can get minimum bandwidth around 30 Kbps. > Thank you before, > > Regards, > Maimun > > > On 29/05/2013 11:53, Karsten Loesing wrote: > >> On 5/29/13 10:11 AM, Maimun Rizal wrote: >> >>> I would like to know, where i can find data average number of tor >>> users? As I know, number of users in metrics.torproject.org are total >>> number in a day. So how can I know a average? >>> >> Hi Maimun, >> >> this is a fine question. >> >> Actually, what you find on metrics.torproject.org *is* the estimated >> average number of Tor users per day, not the total number. >> >> Here's how we calculate those numbers (simplified): we sum up daily >> requests by Tor clients to the Tor directories to fetch the network >> status document, assume that an average user makes 10 such requests per >> day (some make just 1 or 2, others 15 or 20), divide the number of >> requests by 10, and have our estimated average daily user number. >> >> But we don't have data to say whether two requests were made by the same >> client or two different clients, mostly because clients can send their >> requests to hundreds of directories which cannot exchange data on >> requesting clients for obvious privacy reasons. That's why we cannot >> calculate total users per day, just averages. >> >> For more details, see these reports: >> >> https://research.torproject.**org/techreports/counting-** >> daily-bridge-users-2012-10-24.**pdf<https://research.torproject.org/techreports/counting-daily-bridge-users-2012-10-24.pdf> >> >> https://research.torproject.**org/techreports/countingusers-** >> 2010-11-30.pdf<https://research.torproject.org/techreports/countingusers-2010-11-30.pdf> >> >> I wonder, why did you think metrics.torproject.org shows total users per >> day, and how can we make it clearer that these are in fact daily averages? >> >> Thanks, >> Karsten >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > tor-talk mailing list > tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > https://lists.torproject.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-**talk<https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk> > _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
