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Bandwidth Demand at American Universities

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the september-that-never-ends dept.

Robert Rwebangira writes: "There is an article in The New York Times (free reg required), discussing college students 'insatiable demand for bandwidth.' Of particular interest is the continuing prominence of file-sharing (inspite of the demise of Napster) and the amount of bandwidth consumed in even 'legitimate' activities. It seems students demand for bandwidth just keeps growing."

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  1. Scarcity by exceed · · Score: 3, Troll

    What are the three things that will always be scarce? Money, time, and bandwidth. You can't have enough of all three.

    --

    void women (int money, time_t time);
  2. mods on crack. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Moderators take out the crack pipe. Only a troll would suggest emailing large files.

  3. South Africa is for Gayrods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    South Africa is for Gayrods.
    So is Australia and New Zealand.
    They all suffer from USA envy.

    At least they are able to purchase
    M-Soft products. If they all use
    winXP,officeXP,c# and .net, they
    might have a chance at being half
    as wonderful as the USA.

    --Bill G.

  4. Re:Why not? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Thanks for your bonus posted drivel, fucktard.

  5. Re:Morpheus is the killer by cmkrnl · · Score: 0, Troll

    Excellent solution. Easy to implement also using QoS on the inside routers.

    I just love those idiots who think its their god given constitutional right to chew up all available bandwidth on what is after all a grace and favour facility.

    On any network I've ever secured, End users wouldnt get direct internet access point blank to begin with.

    Curmudgeon.