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  1. Re:distributed computing by Zppr · · Score: 1 · on Compaq To Build DEC Beowulf Supercomputer

    I think most of the supercomputing centers in the US are connected to the vBNS, so that would be a start.

  2. Re:Maybe this will solve the OC3 problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Bell Labs Achieves 3.28Tbps Over Fiber

    San Francisco has an OC48c link to Los Angeles via NSFnet (MCI). Both cities have OC12 connections to various centers across the States, including Houston, and Denver. For more information, check out the vBNS network.

    So what if i'm an AC? Mod me up baby!:)
    *AGB*

  3. Dartmouth College by Evro · · Score: 1 · on What's Banned On Your Campus?
    At Dartmouth not much is banned. I met with some of the Network people a few weeks ago for a discussion of what to do regarding Napster. Apparently 20% of our I2 connection (vBNS at the time [moving to Abilene this month], 45mbps max) is being used during the wee hours of the morning, and they think Napster may play a not-insignificant part in that figure. But the 20% is the highest our connection has ever been, according to the network guys, so I don't think bandwidth is really a problem. Paying for the bandwidth may be, however.

    I know some students were either suspended or expelled a year or two ago for having an MP3 server (FTP), but I think that was in response to a complaint from the RIAA. I think there is a de facto "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding MP3s. If the school finds any MP3 servers or whatever, of course they take action. But they don't have anybody hunting down the MP3s. Dartmouth is a registered ISP and so is covered under the "ISPs are not responsible for content hosted by their customers, but must act when a complaint is filed" law (the name of which I don't know).

    In general, the "administration" is pretty tolerant of the network activity. Then again, it is not their job to sit around and police everyone's computers, nor should it be. There are a few hotline (imho, the worst program ever -- "Go to page blah.com/~pronlinks and your login is the second to last word on the page ALL CAPS, go to bobo.com/~mypr0n and click on the vagina banner, the password is the blinking word ALL CAPS. Password is changed every 5 seconds.") servers operated out of here but unless bandwidth (or mpaa/riaa) becomes a problem, I think we're pretty safe.

    PS: Dartmouth was the #1 most wired college in America in 1998 (not that I put much stock in Yahoo's opinions)

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  4. Re:Rants and Facts about DCIT && Clemson by Clem3Frank · · Score: 2 · on Clemson University Bans Free Long Distance Sites

    I am a junior here and the network hadn't been all too bad until they started banning stuff. Granted it sucked when we only had 3T1's for 4000 dorm users + faculty. Here's the scoop on the upgrade: During the summer of 99 the admin finally decided to allocate the money for a faster "commodity internet connection". presently we have one T3 directly to Georgia Tech as part of a link to the vBNS but that is only an "educational" link and basically we only see that speed if we're getting mp3's from GaTech :) or someone else on the vBNS. Our "Commodity Internet connection" is presently an "ATM 10-20 Mbit burst Expandable connection" or something like that containing those words not neccesarily in that order. usually I can get around 50-70K at 1pm during the day depending on where I go. Going through 2 years with Shit speed convinced the admin it was time to spend the big bucks and go for the ATM connection we have now. They put in a PIXen firewall between the dorm network and the rest of the world and basically, we have to authenticate with our e-mail password every 2 hours. they said it was "to protect the university leagally" but now we all see what they really intended it for. preserveing a monopoly over the students. it makes me wonder when they're going to ban www.varsitybooks.com and all those other online bookstores so they can continue to gouge us on the cost of books. I saved about $150 this semster on books from the internet. I hope they don't figure that one out. I completely agree with the mismanagement claims. They keep upgrading the Labs all over campus (about 500-700) computers every 6 months. there is usually about half a lab of pentium 3 600's sitting idle at any given time on campus. Gotta love when my I can dump my 266 with a tnt2u can't keep up with q2 with someone in a lab running in software mode. at a higher resolution.

  5. Re:Highest-Bandwidth College by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on High Speed Net Access Defining College Life
    Probably the California schools are the most advantaged in this area. The fattest pipe on the vBNS, an OC48 + OC12 (!) connects San Francisco and Los Angeles.

    I'm on the other coast, so I can't personally attest to this. It's not the first thing I'd consider when picking a school. Wired dorms are essential, but, for instance, a 100 KB/s vs. a 1 MB/s peak transfer rate isn't going to sway me very much.

  6. Re:Highest-Bandwidth College by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on High Speed Net Access Defining College Life
    Probably the California schools are the most advantaged in this area. The fattest pipe on the vBNS, an OC48 + OC12 (!) connects San Francisco and Los Angeles.

    I'm on the other coast, so I can't personally attest to this. It's not the first thing I'd consider when picking a school. Wired dorms are essential, but, for instance, a 100 KB/s vs. a 1 MB/s peak transfer rate isn't going to sway me very much.

  7. Some more stuff... by bocee · · Score: 5 · on Whatever Happened to Internet II?

    My school (Johns Hopkins) is part of the internet 2, and unlike what a previous poster said, all computers have automatic access to it. I don't have access to my computer at school now (the school shut down the network for y2k...) but if I traceroute a host on any member network, for example www.mit.edu, traffic goes through through vbns.net routers (the i2 routers). (Normal traffic doesn't go through the vbns.net routers.) I haven't done much with it, but friends have reported rates of almost 1MB/sec to other member schools.

    Some links:
    vbns network map
    Internet 2 connected schools