regardless of the URL you are requesting the download.
2007-04-23 00:40:32 · 3 answers · asked by MINOU 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
University networks are very large. Generally all the traffic will go through a proxy. This is a server that will temporarily store files which are often downloaded. So many people download the same software. A copy sits on the proxy server. When you go to download the file doesn't come fromt he original host server, but is downloaded from the proxy.
This works great in universities because sometimes 100-1000 students all need to access the same website, files and so on. So because a copy will be on the local proxy server, then download times will be reduced (as well as traffic from the university network to the Internet)
2007-04-23 00:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most likely the University is using a caching proxy and the file has already been downloaded by someone else. Therefore you're receiving a copy of the file cached locally on the proxy server so it is copied to your machine at LAN speeds, not the normally much slower WAN speed.
2007-04-23 11:05:03 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because their network is fast?
2007-04-23 07:44:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋