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Re: cnn.com cuts graphics
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:48:20 -0400
At 10:20 AM 9/11/2001 -0700, steve uurtamo wrote: > >> cnn.com has switch to very low graphics, in a very good response to the >> congestion they have to be experiencing. > >they also have a total of like one or two photos up, so http caching >should work well for ISPs whose customers are trying to reach them. > >i'm glad someone over at cnn acted quickly -- those high K pages were >painfully slow to load. > >anyone who's been putting it off really ought to consider setting up >a web cache -- it's really the only way that dialup customers can get >to news sites at times like this.CNN is (supposedly) Akamaizing most of their images & possibly their whole site. Things should get better for you if you have Akamai servers on-net. (And even if you do not.)
>s. -- TTFN, patrick
Current thread:
- cnn.com cuts graphics Steve Bellovin (Sep 11)
- Re: cnn.com cuts graphics steve uurtamo (Sep 11)
- Re: cnn.com cuts graphics Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 11)
- Re: cnn.com cuts graphics steve uurtamo (Sep 11)