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Since we changed subject lines. Sneaky would be replacing ads.doubleclick.com with ads.msu.edu which would be an ad server advertising stuff interesting to the MSU community, campus events, student orgs, information, frat party's, etc. since it would be on campus, it wouldnt count towards our merit bill. :) (I -do- realize this opens a whole other can of worms.) An alternative would be to cache the real link, and if someone clicked on it, it could be proxied through with like an IP number like have it say "MSU adblock- please click here to view the ad." The biggest problem/minor annoyance I have had is the right side of the google search page. Those links redirect to google-syndicate.com (which i block) which then redirects to the actual site. If I am interested in the advertised site, I have to manually cut n paste the real url (listed at the bottom of the blip) into the browser.) On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Hoort, Brian wrote: > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------- > Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist > Michigan State University > ------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------- Sean O'Malley, Information Technologist Michigan State University -------------------------------------