In one of the final versions, bramp made the program operational on all LAN types, not just Lancaster, so the program has spread beyond the University.
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bramp, who never technically broke any of the University's rules of the time, remains at Lancaster University, and is currently working as a research associate after successfully completing a Ph.D.
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The program has earned cult status at Lancaster University, and is still widely used, despite its now limited effectiveness.
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Unfortunately for the network administrators at Lancaster University, working under the name ISS, the thousands of students downloading terabytes of data completely stalled the network.
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bramp developed LUSerNet as a solution to the lack of peer-to-peer systems available to students at Lancaster, England.
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The knowledge of LUSerNet spread quickly through the University, and within months vast proportions of the 10,000 strong student population were using it.
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LUSerNet (pronounced Loser Net, roughly standing for Lancaster University Student Network) is a free peer-to-peer package for use on local area networks, developed between the end of 2001 and late 2002 by a Lancaster University first year Computer Science student known as 'bramp'.