Napster says that it has found a solution for bandwith problem its causing

Written by Petteri Pyyny @ 23 Mar 2000 18:13

Like reported earlier in this and last year, some major universities have banned usage of Napster because it takes too much of their bandwidth. Now Napster Inc. announced that it is currently working to solve the problem and is suggesting the following model; in future versions Napster would first try to find the files inside the campus network, secondly it would try to find the files from so called "Internet 2" which is faster Internet that many universities are already members of. As a last resort it would try to find the files from regular Internet.

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