[Sysadmin] [Content] Feedback: Browser Mirrors or .....

Dean Mah dean.mah at gmail.com
Mon Jun 19 13:32:35 CDT 2006


Hello,

Thank you for the consideration.  I am copying our content and sysadmin
groups so that they are able to review the information below and add links,
if appropriate.

Dean
- on behalf of evolt.org


On 6/19/06, Witold Stankiewicz <witold at redswoosh.net> wrote:
>
>  Hello Dean,
>
>
>
> As I promised this service is being extended to you for FREE due to your
> non-profit status and because your browser archive helped us out.
>
>
>
> I mentioned before, we do not act as a mirror, but we are a CDN similar to
> Akamai.  The only difference between Red Swoosh and Akamai is that Akamai
> has a *slightly* larger market share and that we use P2P technology.  To
> use our P2P grid, all you have to do is 'Swoosh' one of your links by adding
> the prefix 'http://edn.redswoosh.net/' to the link.  You will first be
> prompted to download our P2P client, which is small and spyware/adware
> free.  This only happens on your first download.  After that, downloads look
> just like any other download through your browser, except that they are
> being pulled from peers and not your web server.
>
>
>
> Normal link:
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/ie/32bit/5.01_SP2/ie501sp2.exe<http://edn.redswoosh.net/http:/www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/ie/32bit/5.01_SP2/ie501sp2.exe>
>
> Swooshed link:             *http://edn.redswoosh.net/*
> http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/ie/32bit/5.01_SP2/ie501sp2.exe<http://edn.redswoosh.net/http:/www.mirrorservice.org/sites/browsers.evolt.org/browsers/ie/32bit/5.01_SP2/ie501sp2.exe>
>
>
>
> Alternatively you could give your users a much 'nicer' experience by
> adding something like our Micro Download Manager into your page.
> http://blog.redswoosh.net/2006/06/sneak-peak-vista-microdlm.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Some resources you might want to use:
>
> http://www.redswoosh.net/sdk/RedSwooshSDK.zip          ( Our soon to be
> updated documentation )
>
> http://test.redswoosh.net/microdlm.html                           (
> Setting up a Micro DLM )
>
>
>
>
>
> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Witold Stankiewicz
>
> Red Swoosh Engineering
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Dean Mah [mailto:dean.mah at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 12, 2006 10:53 AM
> *To:* witold at redswoosh.net; content at lists.evolt.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Content] Feedback: Browser Mirrors or .....
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Sorry for the late reply.  Your message was caught in our mail queue.
>
> Please take a look at:
>
>    http://browsers.evolt.org/mirrors.php
>
> Let us know if you are able to accomodate the requirements.
>
> Dean
>
> - on behalf of evolt.org
>
>  On 2/28/06, *Witold Stankiewicz* < witold at redswoosh.net> wrote:
>
>
> -- The following message was sent using the feedback page --
>
> Hello,
>
> I will be brief, but allow me to start with a thank you for having IE
> 5.5 in your archives.  I could not even find it on the Microsoft site
> with our very expensive msdn subscription.
>
> To the point -
> Our company, Red Swoosh, solves bandwidth cost problems.  Wait! It gets
> better.  We do it for free for non-comercial sites, using a p2p
> solution.  Our technology is already deployed for many commercial sites
> of significant size.  I don't know how much I can tell you, but just
> check out our site http://redswoosh.net and call up or email Travis
> (travis at redswoosh.net ) to get started.
>
> Thanks a bunch, and I hope we could help you out as well.
>
> Witold
>



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