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A tangent Re: Some data Re: Again: Number of Firewall/NAT Users

2001-05-03 19:10:02

i know this thread died a few moons ago, and wont help anyone guess
the height limit of warships under bridges, but in case anyone's
interested in a rough guess of where people play net games from,
along with a slighly revised estimate of NAT usage, i've crunched
some numbers and placed results at:

http://members.home.net/garmitage/things/quake3-where-050201.html

cheers,
gja

Jon Crowcroft wrote:

In message 
<PHECIHAMOJPPGBFADFDCKEPICGAA(_dot_)lussier(_at_)AutoNOC(_dot_)com>, Kyle 
Lussier typ
ed:

 >>> > "is anyone aware of any estimations of fraction of Internet users
 >>> > who are behind firewalls and NATs?"

 >>How about for business users?  If the assumption can be made
 >>that most Q3 players are home based (which would probably
 >>have a lower incidence of NATs) ~20% sounds high.  Of
 >>course that could be because of sevice providers.

according to some measurements, most game players are at WORK.
+
in some parts of the world, most HOME users aere behind NATs

 >>But does anyone have a better idea for business users?

 cheers

   jon

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