We throttle YouTube for teachers and block for students, btw we use a SonicWall which I highly recommend for the cost/features ratio (even compared to open source stuff).
//Riley
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-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Stuart Yeates
Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:54 PM
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Bandwidth control
We had complaints from students about other students using the limited resource (in this case student computers) to do facebook / youtube.
We negotiated with the students union that certain sites would be blocked from those machines for a certain busy period during the day.
Negotiation with the students union appeared to be hugely important in deflating any protests.
cheers
stuart
On 05/08/14 02:20, Carol Bean wrote:
> A quick and dirty search of the list archives turned up this topic
> from 5 years ago. I am wondering what libraries (especially those
> with limited
> resources) are doing today to control or moderate bandwidth, e.g.,
> where viewing video sites uses up excessive amounts of bandwidth?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Carol
>
> Carol Bean
> beanworks_at_gmail.com
>
Received on Tue Aug 05 2014 - 18:59:20 EDT