16,000 CWRU Computers Getting Gigabit Ethernet

lowlypeon writes "In a move that makes going back to college more tempting than usual, Case Western is installing fiber connections in 16,000 computers over the next year to give students a 1 gigabit per second Ethernet connection. Administrators aren't sure what anybody needs that kind of bandwidth for yet, but they are curious to see how it gets used."

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P2P

[Ween]

and they thought they were having a problem with file sharing before .....

Educational Use

[CaffeineAddict2001]

Being mature educated college students i'm sure this bandwidth will be used for nothing other than strict educational purposes.

Re:Educational Use

[BabyDave]

I agree - I know that I learnt a heck of a lot of ... "biology" ... after I got broadband. :-)

University Cheaters

[Mr Guy]

It's sad what admins will convince businesses and colleges to do just to get ahead in the SETI ratings.

I can hear them on the phone now...

[__aahlyu4518]

yes mom... I'm taking care of myself... I get enough fiber...

:-)

going back to college

[yatest5]

makes going back to college more tempting than usual

Sorry, but personally, fast internet connections don't rate quite as highly as 18 year old girls...

Re:going back to college

[forkboy]

A fast internet connection has more long term value. Your typical 18 year old girl is good for about 1 night....then either she gets bored and moves on or you want to strangle her after hearing "Like, you know, and stuff" in EVERY goddam sentence.

Now Gigabit Ethernet....that's the gift that keeps on giving.

Re:how will they use it?

[pubjames]

the same way everyone else does... music, porn, and games.

Why do college students need a Gigabit Ethernet connection to download porn? When I was a student we had these great things called girls who let you have sex with them. Or is the fibre just being installed in the dorms of Computer Science students?

Re:Hacker Heaven

[idontneedanickname]

./ ?? quick, there's a rival site! we better get the news out that we were here first!

In Related News

[Snuffub]

In related news the university has also been sued by the RIAA. In a writen statment the spokesman for the RIAA said "Of course were sueing What the hell else do you think theyll use that network for besides stealing our intelectual property."

This suit is the first in a series of legal actions that the RIAA hopes will solve the P2P dilema. The longterm goal of the law suits is to return everyone to 9600kbps modems or as the same spokesman was quoted saying "If users cant handel the responsibility that comes with a broadband connection we'll have to limit it to corpate america, the last bastion of trust and integrity in america today."

Must...contain...self....

[dcigary]

.....must...not state...obvious.... .......Arrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhh!

(snap)

Wow! Can you image the Beowulf cluster they could set up with this???

Re:How it gets used

[xTK-421x]

This reminds of one of my favorite Simpsons lines:

Nerd: "I've invented a program to download porn up to a million times faster from the internet."
Marge: "Does anyone really need that much porno?"
Homer: "Uuuuuhhhuh... one million times..."

Re:how will they use it?

[howlingfrog]

When I was a student we had these great things called girls who let you have sex with them.

You're forgetting, this is CWRU. Men outnumber women 2:1. Supposedly, that situation has given rise to a saying among Case girls: "The odds are good, but the goods are odd."