[tor-bugs] #28025 [Core Tor/Torflow]: unintended consequence of geographically distributed bandwidth servers: higher vote instability

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#28025: unintended consequence of geographically distributed bandwidth servers:
higher vote instability
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 Reporter:  starlight         |          Owner:  tom
     Type:  defect            |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:
Component:  Core Tor/Torflow  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                    |         Points:
 Reviewer:                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by starlight):

 Replying to [comment:2 starlight]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 arma]:
 > > Replying to [ticket:28025 starlight]:
 > > > The moria1 scanner appears to recently have commenced operating with
 multiple servers configured
 > >
 > > Nope, moria1 uses simply
 > > {{{
 > > urls =         ["https://www.seul.org/~bwauth/"]
 > > }}}
 >
 > Interesting, was this changed recently?  I researched after noticing
 very large swings in moria1 votes the last several weeks.  One possible
 problem with Asia is core network link saturation during busy times.
 Saturation on a path can result in a throughput collapse for TCP
 connections.

 Oops.  Mentally crossed the system name with Seoul, but I see it's MIT.
 Is it possible MIT peering is under pressure lately?  Some vote swings are
 close to 10x.

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