akamai yesterday - what in the world was that

[cabo at tzi.org (Carsten Bormann)]

On 2020-02-12, at 20:45, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:
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> Aren't most modern consoles on whether they're "on" or not? IE: It's not a full power up from a dead stop, 0 watts power usage.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/7528/the-xbox-one-mini-review-hardware-analysis/5
says two-digit standby power (which they say is needed for background updating).  At least in Germany, nobody sane will leave the thing in that expensive mode (a watt-year is $3 here).  Switchable extension power cords are being actively marketed here for these power hogs.

Grü�e, Carsten