Seti@Home Bandwidth Problems

reflexreaction writes: "With so many of the /. users actively using and supporting Seti@home, many of you have realized that in the last couple of weeks that Seti has had some serious problems receiving completed data and getting new data to process from its 3 million members because of network bandwidth problems. All the gritty details are here. The article details some things that users can do to alleviate some of the problems including connecting during off hours and downloading more than unit than once using programs like SetiQueue for PC and Seti Unit Manager for Mac. Donations are also accepted. There is also a plea for bandwidth donations. It will be truly unfortunate if this page becomes /.ted without benefit from /. users."

Comments

Google to the rescue?

[jinx90277]

Given that Google has massive bandwidth and storage capabilities, perhaps SETI@Home should simply ask Google to host their servers. It's a win-win situation:

• The kiddies get to keep downloading their MP3s and warez without that pesky space junk clogging their bandwidth.
• Google gets to add yet another feature to their front page: "Search galactic transmissions for..."
  

Conspiracy

[Max the Merciless]

These bandwidth problems aren't technical, they're political. We're getting too close, so they're shutting us down.