cnn.com cuts graphics

Tue Sep 11 19:48:20 UTC 2001

At 10:20 AM 9/11/2001 -0700, steve uurtamo wrote:
 >
 >> cnn.com has switch to very low graphics, in a very good response to the
 >> congestion they have to be experiencing.
 >
 >they also have a total of like one or two photos up, so http caching
 >should work well for ISPs whose customers are trying to reach them.
 >
 >i'm glad someone over at cnn acted quickly -- those high K pages were
 >painfully slow to load.
 >
 >anyone who's been putting it off really ought to consider setting up
 >a web cache -- it's really the only way that dialup customers can get
 >to news sites at times like this.

CNN is (supposedly) Akamaizing most of their images & possibly their whole 
site.  Things should get better for you if you have Akamai servers 
on-net.  (And even if you do not.)

 >s.

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TTFN,
patrick