Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:10:39 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrom.com data transfer record Message-ID: <20021107201039.GA28325@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <3DCAC7A2.7010409@401.cx> References: <3DCAC7A2.7010409@401.cx>
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On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:05:54PM +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote:
> Hi list
>
> Some time ago I read some kind of announcement or article about
> cdrom.com and their FTP archive that broke some kind of record in
> amount of data transferred from a single machine in 24 hours. It
> even had a link to the ISP that explained about their network and
> their part in helping cdrom.com break this record.
> I seem to recall that part of what made the FTP archive break
> this record was the fact that a new version of Red Hat and
> Slackware was released on the same day. IIRC it was Red Hat 6.2,
> so it was a while ago.
>
> Does anyone have a link or reference to the article Im talking
> about? www.cdrom.com just redirects me to simtel.net, and I find
> absolutely nothing of value there.
Yes, that happened on 24 May 1999. You can find the announcement at
http://bafug.org/news/NewRecord.html
Josef
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