RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Mizzou connections...

[Shawn Parker <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Does anyone on the list know of students looking for development (web,
application, database) internships?  Is there a resource for people
looking for interns?

Shawn

On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 16:20, Michael wrote:
> Raw bandwidth is great but the majority of people are wasting most of what
> they have. Any LAN or ISP that isn't making it's users use a proxy server
> is just throwing away money. Since most of us use the same resources and
> mostly through FTP/HTTP then you can gretly boost your percieved bandwidth
> to the rest of the world with a nice cache'n proxy with lots of ram and
> hdd space. If you're connected to a gigabit ethernet network of any decent
> size then it shouldn't be unlikely that what you want is already cached.
> If not you can easily set up a script to pre-cache desirable files when
> bandwidth usage is down. Even for my home LAN the difference in speed is
> dramatic. Everything from web browsing to system updates are pretty
> snappy. Of course for a frag fest or coed nekkid webcams raw bandwidth is
> still great. :)
> 
> 
> Peace, Love, Linux
> 
> ;):):-):):-):):-)8')
> Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> http://kavlon.org/projects/
> 
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Roberts, Michael J. (IATS) wrote:
> 
> > I doubt it.  I bet CenturyTel bought this network to make more money
> > through leasing wavelengths and/or dark fiber to large customers that
> > want to run their own ring, not to provide more bandwidth to the average
> > xDSL user like our selves.
> >
> > A good question to ask CenturyTel is how large of a connection do they
> > have provisioned for commodity internet access for the Columbia, MO ADSL
> > customers.
> >
> > For example, a super fast gigabit ethernet LAN is really nice, but if
> > you are accessing resources outside your LAN, you are only as fast as
> > your slowest link, which in most people's cases is their commodity
> > Internet connection or a WAN link.  Eventhough CenturyTel is a major
> > telco, they still have to link into a major backbone or larger provider.
> > Those interfaces cost an unbelievable amount of money.  Shannon could
> > give you some more insight there.
> >
> > -mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: King, Jonathan W.
> > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 3:23 PM
> > To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> > Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] centurytel buys another optical network...
> >
> >
> >
> > http://www.columbiatribune.com/2003/Feb/20030214Busi005.asp
> >
> > >CenturyTel to buy Digital Teleport of St. Louis
> > >Published Friday, February 14, 2003
> > >
> > >MONROE, La. (AP) - Rural telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc.
> > >won
> > >a bid yesterday to acquire the fiber-optic network and customer
> > contracts
> > >of St. Louis-based Digital Teleport Inc. for $38 million.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > >Digital Teleport has a fiber-optic network spanning 5,700 miles across
> > >more rural areas of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
> > Nebraska,
> > >Oklahoma and Tennessee.
> >
> > So does anybody know about these guys?  Is this going to improve our
> > local bandwidth situation any in the near-term?  Given CenturyTel's
> > markets, it's pretty easy to see why this was so attractive.
> >
> > jking
> >
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