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IP: Video Downloads Swamp Computer Network in U. of Delaware's Dorms
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 10:05:05 -0400
From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Video Downloads Swamp Computer Network in U. of Delaware's Dorms By SCOTT CARLSON The Chronicle of Higher Education Technology managers at the University of Delaware had a rude awakening this week, when the computer network in the residential halls saw its heaviest traffic ever. Internet access for the 7,500 students living there -- many of them freshmen -- ground to a halt. University officials suspect that students who download movies are the culprits. Although Delaware has in the past advocated an educational approach to bandwidth management, university officials plan to limit downloads starting next week. "We have problems with certain students downloading 19 gigabytes of stuff," Susan J. Foster, the university's vice president for information technologies, says with some exasperation. "What is a student doing to download 19 gigabytes? What is that -- the entire Library of Congress? It makes us think that it's video." --SNIP-- http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001090701t.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com, Prague CZ * tel/mobil +420 (0)603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html
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