We all know UseNext is famous for its fascinating downloading speed, but how fast on earth?
Here comes some exciting facts: In November 2007, there was a contest held for the fastest Usenet downloading. A related YouTube video shows a guy using UseNext completed the download of a 674 MB Ubuntu in just 34 seconds! This is the world record of Usenet downloading. And the whole process of file unzipping only took him another 32 seconds.
In the very same competition, the guy who took the 2nd place is also a UseNext user. It took him 56 seconds to download the same 674 MB Ubuntu and 28 seconds to uncompress it. That means the average downloading speed got to 12 MB/s, or 96Mbps. It's amazing! It's not just something so easy to be called 'download', it's SPEED RACER!
Until today, you can still find these two unbelieveable videos on YouTube, here they are.
1. The champion, download a 674 MB Ubuntu in just 34 seconds!
2. The silver medal, download a 674 MB Ubuntu in just 56 seconds!