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"The numbers for Ashburn, Virginia, the top U.S. city with nearly 100,000 Sci-Hub requests, are harder to interpret." Am I the only one who thinks this is just
by jnsaff2 11y ago
"The numbers for Ashburn, Virginia, the top U.S. city with nearly 100,000 Sci-Hub requests, are harder to interpret."
Am I the only one who thinks this is just the location of AWS us-east-1? People might be using proxies located there or have bulk download jobs.
- TheCoelacanth 11y agoUndoubtedly. Ashburn has a population of less than 50,000 people. There's no way it could have almost 50% more use than New York City with millions of people.