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Ask HN: What should I do with my leftover bandwidth?
I have a static IPv4 and symmetric gigabit connection at home which is only rarely utilised fully. What can I do with the rest of my bandwidth that is good for society? (e.g. hosting archives or mirrors)
- fyokdrigd 3y agoa non-exit tor node.
- 8chanAnon 3y agoHost a CORS proxy server. Maybe like this one: https://kraker-remote.vercel.app https://kraker-remote.vercel.app There used to be several options available a couple of years ago but almost all of them have gone offline. It would nice to have more options again. Mine is a good baseline to go with. Runs with Nodejs and has no dependencies but is quite powerful. Find the source code here: https://github.com/8chanAnon/Kraker-Local-Proxy-Server https://github.com/8chanAnon/Kraker-Local-Proxy-Server You can promote your proxy server here: https://gist.github.com/jimmywarting/ac1be6ea0297c16c477e17f8fbe51347 https://gist.github.com/jimmywarting/ac1be6ea0297c16c477e17f...
- DerekBickerton 3y agoYou could be a CDN (Content Delivery Network) and act as a point-of-presence (PoP) for the country you're in. Mirror Linux distro ISOs, offer the ability for netizens to download offline versions of Wikipedia which are over ~50GB sans images.
- averageValentin 3y agoA few years back, I was in a similar situation and found BOINC(https://boinc.berkeley.edu/ https://boinc.berkeley.edu/) to be a great way to contribute. It's a platform that lets you support various scientific research projects by sharing your computational power and bandwidth. However, it's worth noting that BOINC might tends to be more CPU/GPU intensive rather than bandwidth-heavy(I'm not entirely sure about its bandwidth usage)
- fredp 3y agoI’d prefer something less power hungry
- FrankoDelMar 3y agoWrong answers: Seed Metallica? Become a Tor exit node? Join a vigilante botnet? Better answers: Run your own vpn or Owncloud instance or run your own Matrix/Jitsi server
- pestatije 3y agowhy is a tor exit node no good?
- FrankoDelMar 3y agoI would agree it is good for society but considering the risk of getting shut down by your ISP or getting subpoenaed it tends to be poor advice except for the adventurous.
- fredp 3y agoYeah, I have an OwnCloud, VPN, and other “homelab” stuff Tor exit node might cause conflict with my ISP!
- gregjor 3y agoI have multiple water spigots in my home, I never have them all open all the way. I don't use all the electricity available to me either. I don't breathe all the air that surrounds me. Bandwidth isn't a perishable resource. If you don't use it then it's available to other people. I get the impression you overpay for bandwidth capacity you don't need and a static IPv4 address. You could just pay for what you need, free up the static IP, and then not have to signal like this.
- fredp 3y agoNot sure what “signal like this” means, but gigabit is the lowest bandwidth package offered and I do use my static IP already. Electricity and water are metered… bandwidth is not. idk why you have to be hostile