Bandwidth hog

Hi everybody!

Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?

Thanks!

Mok wrote on Mon, 9 May 2005 16:52:02 +0200:

> Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?

It means someone (or something, like an application) that "uses up" (hogs)
all the bandwidth. Eg. P2P programs with default settings will tend to be bw
hogs as they use all available upstream and downstream bw to share files.

Dan

On Mon, 9 May 2005 16:52:02 +0200, "Mok" <har2005_MAKNI_OVO_@vip.hr>
wrote:

>Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?

someone or something (eg an application) using a lot of bandwidth or
capacity on an internet connection. Typically this is a peer to peer
file sharing application (or person using the same) which is
configured to use *all* the available bandwidth on a conneciton.

Phil

On Mon, 9 May 2005 16:52:02 +0200, Mok in message
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> Hi everybody!
>
> Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?
>

As with any unquantifiable term like that, it means whatever the person
using it wants it to mean.

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In the faraway land of uk.telecom.broadband, Mok
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>Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?

It's a type of pig that lives on the Interweb.

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Thanks for info!!

On Mon, 9 May 2005 16:52:02 +0200, "Mok" <har2005_MAKNI_OVO_@vip.hr>
wrote:

>Hi everybody!
>
>Does anybody know what does the term "bandwidth hog" mean?
>
>Thanks!
>
Someone who uses their internet connection to its full potential.