Re: [cobalt-users] Proposed meta-FAQ / "read before posting" article.

["Brian Curtis" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> > 4.  Do not assume that everybody lives in the same country.
>
> Someone asked why this was relevant. It is for many reasons. Use
> of libraries changes with languages, versions of Qubes and software
> change with countries, and even bandwidth has different costs. For
> example, there was recently an argument about "wasting bandwidth."
> And while I agree that there's plenty of bandwidth in the USA for
> cheap, elsewhere this is not true. Many countries pay a per-minute
> cost even for local telephony, and two years ago I was paying more
> than US$20,000 *monthly* for a T-1 in Guatemala. And while that has
> gone down, many countries still deal with situations like that.

That would be me.  I was thinking about it in terms of etiquette, and not
software incompatibilities.  However, your point makes sense when looked at
in a different light.

About the bandwidth issue, if the rest of the etiquette are followed,
bandwidth shouldn't be a problem.

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Brian Curtis