[tor-relays] Minimum Relay/Bridge Bandwidth

[Tristan]

I must have misread something. According to this discussion:
https://tor.stackexchange.com/questions/423/what-are-good-explanations-for-relay-flags/2144#2144

100KBytes is considered a fast relay. 100KBytes = 800Kbits = 0.8Mbits
On Mar 24, 2016 7:16 AM, "Michael Armbruster" <tor at armbrust.me> wrote:

> > Our family recently downgraded our internet connection, which limited
> > our upload speed to 1Mbps. According to the Tor relay doc, a minimum of
> > 2Mbps is recommended, yet a relay is considered "fast" if it has 1Mbps.
>
> I think you misread the documentation. 2Mbps is a recommended minimum,
> but a relay is considered fast if it has 1 Megabyte/sec and Megabit (Mb)
> and Megabyte (MB) are not the same.
>
> > Will I be hurting more than helping if I run a relay on this connection
> > speed? Should I run a bridge instead?
>
> With 1Mbps, you have 125 Kilobytes/sec upload rate. I would say yes, run
> a bridge instead. But let's see what other pepole say, eventually.
>
> Michael Armbruster
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