UDP + Math = Fast File Transfers

Posted by michael on Thursday December 13, 2001 @01:50AM from the udp-is-painless dept.

Wolfger writes: "A new file transfer protocol talked about in EE Times gets data from one place to another without actually transmitting the data..." Well, the information is transmitted, just not in its original form. I think there are a couple of other places working on similar ideas - wasn't there a company using this for a fast file download application? User would go to download a game demo or something, receive pieces from several different places, and knit them together? Wish I could recall the company's name.

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And cheap, too! by Tsar · 2001-12-13 01:57 · Score: 5, Funny

The Transporter Fountain sits alongside a switch or router, and one Transporter Fountain is needed at the sending and receiving ends of a connection. Prices will range between $70,000 and $150,000.

Oh, boy, I'm gonna stop by CompUSA on the way home and grab one of these.