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Re:The Onion cut 66% of their bandwidth by upstream caching ... by tjpick on Thursday March 25, 2010 @04:21PM (#1219392)
I dunno. I'd be more tempted to put a useful page behind the URLs that are already being requested, or redirect them to some relevant content.
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Re:The Onion cut 66% of their bandwidth by upstream caching ... by johngalt on Thursday March 25, 2010 @06:35PM (#1219730)
They do put a useful page up (links to articles, archive, and search), that's why it accounts for so much demand.
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Re:The Onion cut 66% of their bandwidth by upstream caching ... by tjpick on Thursday March 25, 2010 @06:48PM (#1219760)
ah. Makes sense, thanks for clarifying.
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