IP: Video Downloads Swamp Computer Network in U. of Delaware's Dorms

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> Video Downloads Swamp Computer Network in U. of Delaware's Dorms
> By SCOTT CARLSON
> The Chronicle of Higher Education
>
> Technology managers at the University of Delaware had a rude awakening this
> week, when the computer network in the residential halls saw its heaviest
> traffic ever. Internet access for the 7,500 students living there -- many of
> them freshmen -- ground to a halt.
>
> University officials suspect that students who download movies are the
> culprits. Although Delaware has in the past advocated an educational
> approach to bandwidth management, university officials plan to limit
> downloads starting next week.
>
> "We have problems with certain students downloading 19 gigabytes of stuff,"
> Susan J. Foster, the university's vice president for information
> technologies, says with some exasperation. "What is a student doing to
> download 19 gigabytes? What is that -- the entire Library of Congress? It
> makes us think that it's video."
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001090701t.htm
>
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