¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Public Review for Towards a Cost Model for Network Traffic Murtaza Motiwala, Amogh Dhamdhere, Nick Feamster, and Anukool Lakhina Signal is not information, and however hard we try our networked life is not 100% efficient. In some extreme cases, one might ever wonder if some of these online conversations are worth taking place. One reasurring thought is that, if the value of communication is subject to debate, its cost on the other hand can probably be assessed objectively. No matter how boring is your train neighbor s cellphone conversation, you can probably infer how much he or she will eventually pay for it. This paper may (or not) surprise you as it asks the apparently simple question what is the real cost of carrying a given traffic flow?
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