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Dreamhack aims to set a new record as one of the fastest connections of the world with a 120Gbit/S 322 Terabit) connection
Dreamhack who currently holds the world record of being the biggest online event ever with nearly 14.000 computer hooked up to the internet during Winter 2010, beating the old world record of 11.000 computer which also was held by dreamhack is now trying to brake another world record. This time Dreamhack is trying to beat the world record in capacity usage. In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s where the equipment and routers used with a speed of 322 terabit has cost around 45 million SEK (120 Gbit WAN speed (internet) 322 terabit LAN speed (local). Some people thinks this is cool while other people might wonder if the Swedes don't have anything more useful to spend their money on, and the answer is no. In Sweden Internet is everything, and Dreamhack is about to prove it.
![[image loading]](http://webbkameror.se/bilder/dreamhack-ut-mini.jpg)
Dreamhack with roughly 14k computers.
However, to be able to reach the desired capacity 20.000 users are estimated to come to dreamhack, hook up their computers and start pirating and hopefully Dreamhack will then go beyond the earlier record which was set at 20 gigabit. Some people thinks that the amount users won't be enough to reach the new record. That the 20k people won't really make much of a difference. However, Dreamhack have said that they will "help" the attendants at Dreamhack to use as much bandwidth as possible. Dreamhack are dedicated to overload their internet as much as possible.
![[image loading]](http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw11/files/2011/11/120gbit-internet_w700_h247.jpg)
Regardless if Dreamhack succeeds with the new record or not, which can be viewed here:http://dashboard.dreamhack.se/ one thing is certain, The lagging that happened during the Starcraft 2 tournament earlier before this post was written were not due to Dreamhacks "poor" internet giving way under 20k viewers who were watching the tournament via Twitch.TV.
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Just load up utorrent on every machine. Break the record np.
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I wish I had such a connection ^-^
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On November 24 2011 20:59 TBO wrote:
45 Million SEK or Euro?
Swedish kronor, will update the article for clarity.
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Who's paying for all the bandwidth? Or is bandwidth cheap in sweden?
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On November 24 2011 21:03 StimMarine wrote:
Who's paying for all the bandwidth? Or is bandwidth cheap in sweden?
Dreamhack is sponsored by both the government and Telia, which is one of the main ISPs of europe. They host european battle.net among other things.
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In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s 30 mil long connection where the equipment and routers used, with a speed of 322 terabit, alone has cost around 45 million SEK.
I don't really get this. 30 mil i'm guessing is either miles or swedish mil? If the connection bandwidth is 120 Gbit/s what does the 322 terabit "speed" mean?
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If i could hook this up to my place.....
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On November 24 2011 21:05 Kira__ wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 21:03 StimMarine wrote:
Who's paying for all the bandwidth? Or is bandwidth cheap in sweden? Dreamhack is sponsored by both the government and Telia, which is one of the main ISPs of europe. They host european battle.net among other things.
I love your country.
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On November 24 2011 21:06 karpo wrote:Show nested quote +
In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s 30 mil long connection where the equipment and routers used, with a speed of 322 terabit, alone has cost around 45 million SEK.
I don't really get this. 30 mil i'm guessing is either miles or swedish mil? If the connection bandwidth is 120 Gbit/s what does the 322 terabit "speed" mean?
It's the speed of the routers, I removed one of the "," to make it more clear.
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You should prolly also mention Cisco whos sponsoring the event with about 45 million SEK worth of hardware (the routers and switches etc.)
also 30 swedish mil = 300 km
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This seems kind of pointless to me. If it was actually needed or useful to the event, I would say it was awesome, but it seems really silly to put up that much (government?) money for the express purpose of saying to everyone, "Come download a bunch of porn so we can say we broke the world record."
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On November 24 2011 21:16 Belisarius wrote:
This seems kind of pointless to me. If it was actually needed or useful to the event, I would say it was awesome, but it seems really silly to put up that much (government?) money for the express purpose of saying to everyone, "Come download a bunch of porn so we can say we broke the world record."
Probably, however i wish the big ISP's and the government in Australia could be this committed to providing a good internet connection ^^. Pushing the limits of what people would not concieve to be possible is never a bad thing.
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On November 24 2011 21:00 Integra wrote:Swedish kronor, will update the article for clarity.
1 SEK = 0,108370531 Euro
45 000 000 SEK = 4 876 673,88 Euro
Source: google
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and to further clarify:
45M SEK = 4.88M euro = 6.53M USD
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On November 24 2011 20:50 Craton wrote:
Just load up utorrent on every machine. Break the record np.
Not so simple, since in that the majority of peering would happen within the network, and the outbound traffic would still be very small, unless you manage to find a lot of unique torrents that are sufficiently seeded.
On November 24 2011 21:06 karpo wrote:Show nested quote +
In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s 30 mil long connection where the equipment and routers used, with a speed of 322 terabit, alone has cost around 45 million SEK.
I don't really get this. 30 mil i'm guessing is either miles or swedish mil? If the connection bandwidth is 120 Gbit/s what does the 322 terabit "speed" mean?
They added up the speed of all router ports I guess. 20000 10 gbit ports + 130000 1gbit ports = 322 terabit
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Dreamhack never fails to impress me. They always do something in their tournaments that makes me wonder why this isnt the standard for e-sports yet.
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On November 24 2011 21:06 karpo wrote:Show nested quote +
In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s 30 mil long connection where the equipment and routers used, with a speed of 322 terabit, alone has cost around 45 million SEK.
I don't really get this. 30 mil i'm guessing is either miles or swedish mil? If the connection bandwidth is 120 Gbit/s what does the 322 terabit "speed" mean?
120 Gbit WAN speed (internet) 322 terabit LAN speed (local)
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On November 24 2011 21:40 Satyric wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 21:06 karpo wrote:
In order to do this they've invested in a 120 Gbit/s 30 mil long connection where the equipment and routers used, with a speed of 322 terabit, alone has cost around 45 million SEK.
I don't really get this. 30 mil i'm guessing is either miles or swedish mil? If the connection bandwidth is 120 Gbit/s what does the 322 terabit "speed" mean? 120 Gbit WAN speed (internet) 322 terabit LAN speed (local)
Shamelessly stolen for clarification purposes.
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Yeah I'm making use of it right now, it's so freakin' huge in here but haven't had any issues with speed so far, there was a minor hiccup close to the opening time.
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On November 24 2011 21:16 Belisarius wrote:
This seems kind of pointless to me. If it was actually needed or useful to the event, I would say it was awesome, but it seems really silly to put up that much (government?) money for the express purpose of saying to everyone, "Come download a bunch of porn so we can say we broke the world record."
It's not pointless at all, it's a way to manifest Sweden as a pioneer in internet infrastructure. It's not just for show, it helps attracting big investors to Sweden, such as Facebook who is investing billions in a server complex in Luleå, with more business to follow.
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mega speed haha. What time are they doing this? surely after the final is played incase the is any problems? haha
but yeh eihtier streaming HD strmea,s downlaoding mega files should be easy to do 
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Not enough people playing starcraft at that even ): I am glad that they are playing counterstrike though. Shows that game still has lots of legs.
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On November 24 2011 21:56 T0fuuu wrote:
Not enough people playing starcraft at that even ): I am glad that they are playing counterstrike though. Shows that game still has lots of legs.
Cs is pretty immortal in sweden.
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120 Gbit WAN speed (internet)
how do you get it so fast? i have very limited knowledge in broadband/cable infrastructure. in australia, we are release FTTP to every house at ~100Mbps, but 12Gbit? is that different measurement? lol
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if its wrong to be aroused by this, then i dont want to be right.
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*removes glasses* Mother of God.
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Alright well this is pretty fucking awesome.
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Just checked the dashboard:
http://dashboard.dreamhack.se/
Theyve got pretty fucking close to the record, should have no trouble breaking it at some point during the weekend.
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Your internet connection sounds interesting but I really want to know about your air conditioning 
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On November 24 2011 23:38 Probe1 wrote:Your internet connection sounds interesting but I really want to know about your air conditioning
This haha.
15k computers + even more people should generate quite some heat. Ofc, sweden is pretty cold at this time of year, but DH summer must be expensive as shit to keep cool.
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konadora
Singapore66358 Posts
this is so geek-ishly badass
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alot of minecraft being played...is it good?
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This is bloody brilliant.. True porn!
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On November 24 2011 21:47 Longshank wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 21:16 Belisarius wrote:
This seems kind of pointless to me. If it was actually needed or useful to the event, I would say it was awesome, but it seems really silly to put up that much (government?) money for the express purpose of saying to everyone, "Come download a bunch of porn so we can say we broke the world record." It's not pointless at all, it's a way to manifest Sweden as a pioneer in internet infrastructure. It's not just for show, it helps attracting big investors to Sweden, such as Facebook who is investing billions in a server complex in Luleå, with more business to follow.
To add to this, it's also a great way to test out new technology. It should be pretty obvious this is not something they're doing just because it's fun and cool (it's a bonus) so yeah.
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haha, if dreamhack had some quad-stream action to tap into, i'd have no doubt they'd reach some absurd bandwidth usage
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great now they can all donwload every BW game that was ever played (on mbc), gg mokti gg sweden
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This ain't avatar was the go-to porn last year, wonder which it is this year. Anyone got some bets?
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fastest connection ever and still Adelscott drops mid-game....whoopsies!
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On November 25 2011 00:22 diMaP wrote:
fastest connection ever and still Adelscott drops mid-game....whoopsies!
battle.net
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On November 25 2011 00:22 diMaP wrote:
fastest connection ever and still Adelscott drops mid-game....whoopsies!
Because those two things are related?
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On November 25 2011 00:24 skrotcyk wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 00:22 diMaP wrote:
fastest connection ever and still Adelscott drops mid-game....whoopsies! battle.net
who hosts bnet Europe again?
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Coz his PC restarted, not coz his internet died. And yeah - Telia is hosting the EU B.net :D
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good for them, now they just have to use any other carrier rather than twitch.tv, its a pity all their streams are lagging.
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On November 24 2011 22:10 Doraemon wrote:
120 Gbit WAN speed (internet)
how do you get it so fast? i have very limited knowledge in broadband/cable infrastructure. in australia, we are release FTTP to every house at ~100Mbps, but 12Gbit? is that different measurement? lol
1Gbit = 1024Mbit
In sweden having a 1Gbit internet line at home isn't so uncommon as to be freakish. Infact from what my swede friends have told me, having 100Mbit upstream is quite common.
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Congrats for this.
Although the streams seem very choppy.
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The streams are choppy because of TwitchTV, it isn't because of dreamhack lol.
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mother of god, that speed
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On November 25 2011 00:47 Apolex wrote:
The streams are choppy because of TwitchTV, it isn't because of dreamhack lol.
Dreamhack chose twitch.tv for their stream hosting, therefore it most certainly is because of dreamhack, these games are unwatchable.
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Tobad that twitch doesnt seem to hold up on their end of the bargain  Choppy, sometimes unwatchable streams and since they are running this kind of connection, and always have top-end computers i doubt it's Dreamhacks fault.
Could be wrong though, a lot of people arriving there today and having 7000 people connect to the DH net in just a few hours has to bring some problems.
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On November 25 2011 00:49 diMaP wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 00:47 Apolex wrote:
The streams are choppy because of TwitchTV, it isn't because of dreamhack lol. Dreamhack chose twitch.tv for their stream hosting, therefore it most certainly is because of dreamhack, these games are unwatchable.
So they chose it, it isn't their tournament that's causing the lag, it's Twitch.tv
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WHAT????
(Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/nLGni.jpg)
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On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now)
Haha wtf!!!
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On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now) + Show Spoiler +
I think that's the exact location of the base of the bulgarian Antartic expedition. Didn't knew our scientist were interested in Dreamhack. I wonder if they're watching SC2 or HoN or ... something else. Really curious now :D
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On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now)
where did you get this from?
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Obviously the expedition dudes are watching SC2... or else they would be squares.
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I was pretty close to getting to go to ANT... seriously, with all the time snowed in, it's just about the best time to watch SC2 there is. Go go Antarctica Hero!
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This is so cool, please learn from the professionals Gus.
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Greetings from Canada, our downloads are capped at around 500kb/s.
Yeah, what's up.
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Inb4 someone steps on a cable xD
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All those routers and switches <3.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
On November 25 2011 00:56 eYeball wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now) Haha wtf!!!
Penguins have been introduced SC2. Just wait, we're gonna get some sick pros showing up soon
oGsBeak
IMHappyFeet
MVP_swimmer
ST_flaptastic
caughtafishfOu
Liquid`Cold
EGSnow
NSHSBlackandWhite
SlayerS_Ripples
TSL_Waddle
ZeNexFlippy
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kind of funny how every stream is lagging after reading this
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On November 25 2011 01:20 ZiegFeld wrote:
Greetings from Canada, our downloads are capped at around 500kb/s.
Yeah, what's up.
??
Not me, on Steam I went as high as 1.9 mbps
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On November 25 2011 01:29 solidONE wrote:
kind of funny how every stream is lagging after reading this
Think this is a problem with Twitch.tv side
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On November 25 2011 01:28 Seeker wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 00:56 eYeball wrote:On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now) Haha wtf!!! Penguins have been introduced SC2. Just wait, we're gonna get some sick pros showing up soon oGsBeak IMCold MVP_swimmer ST_flaptastic caughtafishfOu Liquid`FroZen EGSnow NSHSBlackandWhite SlayerS_Ripples TSL_Waddle ZeNexFlippy
Frozen is on Slayers.
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On November 25 2011 01:28 Seeker wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 00:56 eYeball wrote:On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now) Haha wtf!!! Penguins have been introduced SC2. Just wait, we're gonna get some sick pros showing up soon oGsBeak IMCold MVP_swimmer ST_flaptastic caughtafishfOu Liquid`FroZen EGSnow NSHSBlackandWhite SlayerS_Ripples TSL_Waddle ZeNexFlippy
Crosses arms... NO HAPPY FEET?
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
On November 25 2011 01:40 ooni wrote:Show nested quote +On November 25 2011 01:28 Seeker wrote:On November 25 2011 00:56 eYeball wrote:On November 25 2011 00:55 Krowser wrote:WHAT???? (Someone in Antartica is connect to Dreamhack right now) Haha wtf!!! Penguins have been introduced SC2. Just wait, we're gonna get some sick pros showing up soon oGsBeak IMHappyFeet MVP_swimmer ST_flaptastic caughtafishfOu Liquid`Cold EGSnow NSHSBlackandWhite SlayerS_Ripples TSL_Waddle ZeNexFlippy Crosses arms... NO HAPPY FEET?
Fixed :D
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that's all great and all but Dreamhack has been more Dreamlag up till now...
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I don't think 120 Gbps is the record. They are close to beating 23.4 Gbps peak transfer rate and 12.7k connected hosts.
SCinet this year was 450 Gbps.
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On November 24 2011 23:38 Probe1 wrote:Your internet connection sounds interesting but I really want to know about your air conditioning
I've been to DH Summer and I can tell ya it was hot inside :S like a sauna. It depends on where your seat is of course. I haven't been at DHW so can't tell, but it's probably the same.
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Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37063 Posts
On November 25 2011 01:46 Artimo wrote:
that's all great and all but Dreamhack has been more Dreamlag up till now...
I don't dream about lags though.... if anything I would dream about NO lag
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from the graph they have posted it looks as though everyones playing battlefield lol
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hm no one in korea seems interested in Dreamhack... more or less no one...
all sleeping?
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if only their streams wouldn't lag so much. But awesome speed internetz :D and the streams seem ok now. @Outsited no wonder, its a sick game.
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These records are really kind of wasteful, I don't see why they really need to do this. It's like those world records for largest calculated prime number, pretty useless.
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I wish i had that speed but, O_O that much?!
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On November 25 2011 02:10 Newbistic wrote:
These records are really kind of wasteful, I don't see why they really need to do this. It's like those world records for largest calculated prime number, pretty useless.
Much like your post. Anyways anyone know what routing protocol they are using??
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It's a bit unnecessary but I guess they might as well do it. We're one of the best, if not the best, countries in the world when it comes to stuff like this.
I really doubt that the government is funding it though, if that's the case, then it's fucking stupid.
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too bad the stream is laggy as shit, well invested money guys
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On November 25 2011 02:22 MyXoMoPBL wrote:
too bad the stream is laggy as shit, well invested money guys
works fine for me, it's twitch acting up
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On November 25 2011 02:01 Garalor wrote:
hm no one in korea seems interested in Dreamhack... more or less no one...
all sleeping?
2 am kst.
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This is so awesome. Do we have the details on the Cisco hardware used ?
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On November 25 2011 02:22 MyXoMoPBL wrote:
too bad the stream is laggy as shit, well invested money guys
The stream is Twitch tvs fault. The Dreamhack internet is in no way responsible for that.
Im so proud that Sweden is raising the IT bar
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What are piracy/copyright infringement laws like in Sweden?
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There prob using latest model for switches and routers.
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Wow that's just insane >.<
I can't even imagine that amount of bandwidth.. I'd fill up all the hard drives I've ever owned in seconds TT
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props to dreamhack. seems like it would be pretty cool to attend the lan with that many people to play with.
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On November 25 2011 02:45 sjschmidt93 wrote:
What are piracy/copyright infringement laws like in Sweden?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforcement_Directive
A lot of young people download anyway while its illegal. Generally the police just targets big seeders.
If I remember correctly KTH in stockholm has 100gig/s.
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i just got one word, siiiick.
to all the ppl that are saying what's the point? It's called publicity.
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On November 25 2011 03:28 Nizaris wrote:
i just got one word, siiiick.
to all the ppl that are saying what's the point? It's called publicity.
go big or go home
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The lag issues on the stream, is caused by twitch.tv and in no way is it DH's fault. This is utterly amazing, and way to go DH for raising the bar!
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Holy shit 45mil lan jesus
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On November 25 2011 03:28 Nizaris wrote:
i just got one word, siiiick.
to all the ppl that are saying what's the point? It's called publicity.
It's also called pushing the limits of technology. I don't quite understand how that could be a bad thing
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Holy s**t! I wish Norway would learn this from the swedes!
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certainly doesn't set the record for amount of people attending the event itself. I get depressed when I see how many seats are empty.
annnnnd the stream is lagging.
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On November 25 2011 07:59 emc wrote:
certainly doesn't set the record for amount of people attending the event itself. I get depressed when I see how many seats are empty.
It's day one, and a Thursday. Most people are either at work, at school and/or don't go out because they have to either be at work or at school again the day after. In addition, it's the Ro64, which isn't the most spectacular of rounds. All seats will be filled on saturday and chances are the amount of people watching the stream will break records as well.
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On November 24 2011 21:20 Kokosaft wrote:Show nested quote +On November 24 2011 21:00 Integra wrote:On November 24 2011 20:59 TBO wrote:
45 Million SEK or Euro? Swedish kronor, will update the article for clarity. 1 SEK = 0,108370531 Euro 45 000 000 SEK = 4 876 673,88 Euro Source: google
If the above information is correct, then Dreamhack spent over 6 million USD to get that speed. Holy shit.
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On November 25 2011 07:59 emc wrote:
certainly doesn't set the record for amount of people attending the event itself. I get depressed when I see how many seats are empty.
annnnnd the stream is lagging.
Dude it's just thursday, people still work,people still attend school, people are driving there from all over the country in this moment. Tomorrow about 22.00 (10 P.M) CET You will see.. you will see WHAT THE FUCK IS UP! FUCK YEAH SWEDEN WOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO
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On November 25 2011 07:59 emc wrote:
certainly doesn't set the record for amount of people attending the event itself. I get depressed when I see how many seats are empty.
annnnnd the stream is lagging.
It takes time setting up 20k computers and their users so you won't see all the people until tomorrow afternoon when everything is setup. And you can blame the lag on Twitch tv, I highly doubt it's dreamhacks connection that is lagging.
EDIT: Also like so may pointed out, It's a Thursday none holliday in Sweden, most are working and doing school etc.
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Congratulations Sweden. You win the internet.
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On November 25 2011 10:32 Fyrewolf wrote:
Congratulations Sweden. You win the internet.
They do, and as someone said above here, Norway needs to learn from Sweden when it comes to this.
We have fiber and all, but not that highly developed, some areas have, some don't.:s
Awesome event and the rig that provides all of this, and the people behind it all deserves a big hug.
Also, don't forget to tweet the sponsors that made this happen. (yes, seriously.)
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THIS IS SICK.
I hope this record gets much exposure. Dreamhack really deserves it ^^
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OP is really funny.
Great job, worthy record.
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They can get 120 Gb and all i can get is .75 mb and 700 download a day limit
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though I would like to know what routing equipment and protocol they are using..
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EPT
