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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I reckon if people with cable access are downloading stuff they could dump it onto an FTP server they are running so that it is available, maybe with a simple file search facility so that if people are looking to download something they can have a quick search of that.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I like the idea of a distributed proxy cache thingy. My ISP, Alphalink (stop sniggering at the back) is connected to something I believe is called the Victorian Internet Exchange (VIX <A HREF="http://www.vix.asn.au" TARGET="_blank">http://www.vix.asn.au</A>), it is just that, a distributed proxy cache thingy that a lot of the smaller Melbourne based ISP's are connected to to save some money.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is something that probably wouldn't be that effective for Melbwireless for quite sometime, but it is definetly a future possibility.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: LongHAUL [<A HREF="mailto:mhall@moonbus.net">mailto:mhall@moonbus.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 2:03</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have been poking around writing a bandwidth sharing app for a while now. I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>am going to run it by you guys - tell me if you think this is going to be</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>legal to use with melbwireless - with carrrier restrictions etc.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have been working on the idea ever since bigpond capped us at 3 gig - I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>wanted a way eat some of my friends 'unlimited' bandwidth. The app is</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>basically a distributed gozilla/getright kinda program. I drag a link onto</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the client software on my machine, it sends the link url to the guy with the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>phat net connection and downloads to his computer - he then burns my stuff</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>onto cds and I wander over and pick it up. It is not really providing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>internet access - just a way to download particular files.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This would also work very well with melbwiress with a few modifications:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Scenario:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Node A:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> melbwireless node + no internet access</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Node B:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> melbwireless node + cable internet</FONT>
<BR ä ><FONT SIZE=2>Node C:</FONT>
<FONT SIZE=2> melbwireless node + dialup</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Scenario 1:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-Node C wants to download the latest directx - he goes to microsoft.com,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>finds thats its 24meg, so drags the link onto the bandwidth sharing client.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-directx13.exe appears on the download client on Node B.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-Node B clicks OK to download.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-The client on Node B downloads the file in no time, and then sends it to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Node C via melbwireless.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-Node A peeks at his bandwidth sharing client and feels left out so he also</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>sucks down the file through melbwireless, from B or C.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Is this breaking any carrier restrictions?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Is this any different to Node B burning a cd with the file and walking it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>over the Node C?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Could Node B charge Node C for this service?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>There are lots of different ways this could work if we can do it - voting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>for files, checking local file caches yadda yadda yadda...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Any comments?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Micheal Hall</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>ebase3 Interactive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.ebase3.com.au</FONT>
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