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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