Re: Become a wireless ISP for £300 :-)

["Mark Harrison <Mark@xxxxxxx>" <Mark@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, but :-)

There's a huge difference between downloading a complex web page with 
LOTS of objects on it, and downloading a single large file (SP3, 
anyone?)

Most big web servers are geared up to coping with loadbalancing LOTS 
of requests across multiple webheads. Virtually no-one, however, will 
support a single monolithic download coming from multiple difference 
places (ie - multiple difference internet connections.)

Perhaps, however, mesh networks will bring the trend back to 
providing big downloads as NOT archived!

Now, if someone could come up with a clever algorithm for reverse 
load balancing?...

M.

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Scott Ewing" <scott.ewing@s...>
wrote:
> The main use from my point of view is sharing 20 512k connections
> between 20, therefore allowing the excess bandwidth to be used by
> someone downloading at some point. 10mbit is very quick :)
> 
> Scott

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