Coral: The ultimate in uber-cool
Now granted, only the uber-geek will see how uber-cool this is. And the uber-coolness spans many levels. Let me explain: The Coral network allows you to access any website through a P2P cache. If you've ever visited a site and found it to be down because they exceeded their bandwidth allotment for the month, then Coral can retrieve a copy of this site for you. From their website:
Link: Coral: The NYU Distribution Network
Are you tired of clicking on some link from a web portal, only to find that the website is temporarily off-line because thousands or millions of other users are also trying to access it? Does your network have a really low-bandwidth connection, such that everyone, even accessing the same web pages, suffers from slow downloads? Have you ever run a website, only to find that suddenly you get hit with a spike of thousands of requests, overloading your server and possibly causing high monthly bills? If so, Coral might be your free solution for these problems!The coolness of course comes from the fact that you may be running a website with low bandwidth, but by utilizing Coral in your links, suddenly the low bandwidth is not an issue anymore and all your viewers/readers see a speed improvement, especially during peak browsing times. The second cool factor is that this technology is based on peer-to-peer networks. Suddenly, a legitimate use for P2P (not that file sharing can't be legitimate, just that usually, it isn't. BTW, there are other legitimate uses for P2P such as Skype.) Finally, I love how easy it is to use Coral. Simply append
.nyud.net:8090to the end of any URL to see a cached copy. For example: instead of cnn.com, try cnn.com.nyud.net:8090.
Link: Coral: The NYU Distribution Network


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