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		alexchamberlain on Oct 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fixing the 949 problem with Fipes You should consider using Fountain Codes as an easy way to resume file downloads and send to multiple downloaders.

tOkeshu on Oct 19, 2012 [–]

Yes Fountain Codes are definitively something I have to look at. Improving bandwidth usage and resuming downloads are part of the next improvements with https.

For now Erlang have been an excellent fellow to deal with these things :)

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