On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Tom Worthington < tom.worthing...@tomw.net.au> wrote:
> On 24/10/15 10:46, David Boxall wrote: > > > ... If memory serves, one child averages about 20GB/month for > > educational purposes. ... > > > The prerecorded video could be downloaded over-night to make use of > off-peak data allocation (the material is recorded months, or years, in > advance) and a lower frame rates and resolution used for live events, to > reduce data use. > > As an observation, this is one of the things I find a bit strange about the discussion around satellite services - the focus on monthly transfer figures such as this. It's quite a coarse measurement to my mind. I think the peak bandwidth per user is probably more interesting/useful, because as Tom has hit on here, it's not just a case of how much data is used over a month, rather it is also quite important to look at how much of it is done over peak periods, and what tools can be / should be brought to bear to help manage this (offpeak quotas, DPI etc) Sam _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link