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Better Than Bit Torrent, For Internet2 Users?
FastDownload writes "New technology for doing mulitsource/multithread downloads of ISOs is making Linux users on Internet2 happy. It's called Logistical Networking and is being developed at the University of Tennessee. Though there are some obvious similarities to Bit Torrent, Logistical Networking uses fixed, shared infrastructure
instead of being peer-to-peer, which makes it useful for moving big content even when no peers
are available."
I r teh pwn. on note, bit torrent, as good as it is, requires a good hold on the people in order to work..
This site has no porn, what the hell...
Yet Another PHP Nuke-alike (YAPNA). This time from a university! Somehow I expected better. Ah well, looks like their MySQL is down anyway.
Still waiting...
In a 21st-century twist on Roosevelt-era public works projects, Salt Lake City and 17 other Utah cities are planning to build the largest ultrahigh-speed digital network in the country.
Construction on the project is scheduled to start next spring - if the cities can raise the money to pull it off. The network would be capable of delivering data over the Internet to homes and businesses at speeds 100 times faster than current commercial residential offerings. It would also offer digital television and telephone services through the Internet.
With a $470 million price tag, the project is considered one of the most ambitious efforts in the world to deploy fiber optic cables, which carry data in bursts of light over glass fibers. Though it has not received much attention outside the area, the project has raised questions here about the role of government, particularly from telecommunications companies, which are starting to complain about the prospect of competing against a publicly sponsored digital network.
NYTimes (no reg)
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yes! 2X more porn, you insensitive clod!
Don't forget the latest 250 mb update to America's Army that 2.5 million other gamers are trying to get, all at the same time. It took me 2 hrs using a Bittorrent stream, the first time I've tried that technology. I ended up serving up 2gb worth of data by the next day, when I switched my Bittorrent upload off. Works for me, and I didn't have to create a stupid account to sit in a javascript-powered queue just to download.
I wonder how long before people start mirroring whole sites using Bittorrent? It'd be a cool idea, save lots of bandwidth, and it would add another layer of redundancy for file repositories (such as UMICH, AMUG, INFOMAC, etc.)
...but how much faster can i download this porn?