On Wed, 6 May 2020 at 17:52, David Reader <da...@reader.me.uk> wrote:
> > > On 6 May 2020 17:14:24 Richard Halfpenny < > richard.halfpe...@exa-networks.co.uk> wrote: > >> IIRC the student radio station famously racked up a rather large >> transatlantic bandwidth bill by running a RealAudio server and one show >> attracted a sizeable listenership from the USA! >> > > Was that one me or did someone else do it again after? > > I was invited for a chat about the ra server I ran for ramair after I > helped myself to a whole /24... (the SU's NetWare 3 server routed that > one..) > > I dont recall the US audience. > > Bradford computer centre were not only tolerant but very supportive with > my taking of liberties on their network :) > > 143.53.221.. still rolls off my fingers too easily (albeit uselessly..) > now. > > These were the days of BT's SMDS network splitting itself in half > regularly, and even 2Mbps being both HUGE and astronomically expensive. > > It was after you had left, sometime late '98 if I remember correctly. They couldn't yank the plug on the server as it was running lots of other stuff so the computer centre stole the audio patch cable instead! I think they learnt their lesson after the transatlantic bill.. they were always a little frosty and standoff-ish with my weird and wonderful ideas. If you remember, IRC was banned on campus because it was a "bandwidth hog". Rich.
