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Friday, September 07, 2001
http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001090701t.htm Video Downloads Swamp Computer Network in U. of Delaware's Dorms By SCOTT CARLSON 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 -- most 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 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....
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