i2hub Big Hit at Universities

The University of Massachusett's i2hub has proven to be a big hit with students ... who are amazed and pleased with the availability of high bandwidth for "online collaboration." "It's awesome," said another freshman user. "It's so much better than (other file-sharing services like) Kazaa or Limewire or anything like that." The RIAA is less impressed. The service, developed by UMass sophmore, Wayne Chang, hosts "tens of thousands of movies, games, and audio files" made available to more than 70,000 users at I2 universities across the country. It bills itself as "the world's largest student network!" [1] http://www.i2hub.com/ [2] Dan Mamothe, "New online service spurs piracy issues," The Republican, Monday, December 27, 2004. http://www.masslive.com/metrowest/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-2/110413730517010.xml [3] John Borland, "File-swapping gets supercharged on student network," CNET News.com, April 29, 2004, http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5202107.html