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Ask HN: What to Do with Surplus Bandwidth?

1 pointsby warentabout 2 years ago
I have a gigabit connection, symmetrical, and don&#x27;t use it all.<p>Is there a good way to donate this somehow, e.g. to some nonprofit or research groups? Any other ideas?

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mtmailabout 2 years ago
Maybe provide a mirror of the OpenStreetMap <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planet.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;planet.openstreetmap.org&#x2F;</a> , wikipedia <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wikimedia.bringyour.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wikimedia.bringyour.com&#x2F;</a> or wikidata dumps. Or Linux <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.fau.de&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.fau.de&#x2F;</a> (statistics <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.fau.de&#x2F;cgi-bin&#x2F;show-ftp-stats.cgi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ftp.fau.de&#x2F;cgi-bin&#x2F;show-ftp-stats.cgi</a>)<p>There are proxy VPNs that pay for access to bandwidth from residential IP addresses, e.g. to crawl Google results. I can&#x27;t find a URL right now. It wasn&#x27;t much though, 20 USD per month if I recall.
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joezydecoabout 2 years ago
Are you on a passive fiber network, like AT&amp;T Fiber GPON?
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