It also had the ability to connect to an external server, via a T1 network connection, and play against other players in an online tournament.

Files are not uploaded to an external server but streamed straight from the computer of the user that holds the file.

Some simple services, such as echo, are handled directly by inetd, without spawning an external server.

Objects can be images and streaming media located on external servers.

The fact that it must go via multiple external servers means that nobody will ever implement it.

Players can opt to have their scores tracked on external servers based on the song name and artist.

Will plug-in applications be hosted on servers external to the platform?

Keep in mind also the security of your content as this is an hosted service, and files are kept on an external server.

The user sends requests to the external server which retrieves content on the user's behalf.

Accounting records can be written to text files, various databases, forwarded to external servers, etc.