[Publib] BANDWIDTH PROBLEMS

[Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library]

We have 2 3MB DSL lines in both of our buildings - one dedicated staff/VPN
connection between main & branch libraries (the main building VPN line also
handles WebOPAC traffic), the other line is public access. At most we get 20
computers on at a time, but I have worked in a school that has had more
computers on less speed, & it has handled OK. Our wireless network is
branched off of the wired public system (we also have encrypted wireless on
our admin network). I have not had any problems so far, & we do get our fair
share of YouTubers, Runescapers etc...

 

Terry Caudle

Hopkins County - Madisonville Public Library

library at vci.net

www.publiclibrary.org





> If anyone has any input on this situation, I would sure appreciate
it:  We have been experiencing extremely slow Internet connections.  So
slow,  that we cannot do online ordering, open pdf files, etc.  Our IT
people say it is our patrons using all of the bandwidth downloading movies,
playing games, etc.  They also say that getting additional bandwidth would
do
us no  good, because patrons will just suck up whatever we have unless we
prohibit them from gaming, streaming media, downloading media, etc.
I am having a hard time believing this.  First of all, we don't see
our patrons doing a lot of downloading of movies, etc.  They are mainly
surfing, filling out job applications, typing resumes, etc.  Yes, there is
some gaming going on.  We want our patrons to be able to access streaming
media, gaming etc
 Are others experiencing this problem with patrons hogging bandwidth?
Have you restricted their use of certain activities that will use a lot of
bandwidth?  If so, how have you restricted them?  Are there libraries
out there who let their patrons do these types of activities without
adverse effects to the network speed?

We have 512K access.  We have 23 public computers, and 70 total
computers on the network.  We have a separate wireless network.

 Michelle Bradley
Assistant Director
Frankfort Community Public Library
Clinton County Contractual Public Libraries
 208 W. Clinton St.
 Frankfort, IN  46041
765-654-8746



"So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the
Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media.
The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.
"

Kurt Vonnegut 
In These Times
August 2004

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