I too, am a big fan of these, and after using them for ~3 years, I've
never once had a problem with it. I'm not only a fan due to the speed,
but also the fabulous reduction in business on web pages. No more
jumping, bleeping, moving, blinking, neon ads distracting me to death
while trying to read an article online. However, I've only used it on
my own computers. Has anyone done this throughout their department? I
would appreciate some feedback on how that went over -- were there ever
complaints about the "file not found" errors, etc.? Have you ever had a
user not be able to surf to a needed site?
(If you don't know what we're talking about, google "host file block"
and read up a bit--it's an admirably simple solution to the problem.)
Brian Hoort
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean O'Malley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 11:10 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Rural High Speed Internet Service Providers
Not to change the subject, but i did find mapping stuff like:
ssl.google-analytics.com
pagead.googlesyndication.com
www.doubleclick.net
to 127.0.0.1
Gives a considerable speed boost especially with low-bandwidth,
low-memory, and slow processor situations. (most ads are big flash
files.)
I use it with high speed.
You do get "missing images" and "file not found" errors on the pages,
but
you aren't downloading ads, your tracking cookies aren't timing out, and
rasterization of the pages is a lot faster.
I just use a host list, but a dns server is a lot cooler and simpler way
to maintain it acrossed several machines. You can find premade lists on
the net.
I have always wondered how much the university network bill would drop
if
everyone on campus used it.
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Lee A Duynslager wrote:
> I have a faculty member who would have to pay a considerable amount of
money
> approx. $2K to have Millenium cable run out to their rural home.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have any experience with Wild Blue High
Speed
> Internet Service or know of anybody who does?
>
> http://www.wildblue.com/
>
>
> Thank You in Advance,
>
> Lee Duynslager
>
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Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist
Michigan State University
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