You fire people for Streaming Radio? Yikes. I recommend you to do some configuration on your firewall to regulate bandwidth so stuff like this doesn't bring you down. There are many good reasons for streaming in a business environment, whether it is ambient listening or something like webinars, training, podcasts, etc.
IT's job is to keep the network up, HR/Management's job is to keep the workforce productive. If the network suffers, the whole business suffers - but that's IT's fault, not the person streaming a radio station. A quick call to the ISP can easily help too. The can put a monitor on the line, verify all T1's are lit, and even run a bandwidth report. Depending on your router, there may even be some access to reports on what protocol or IP is eating all your bandwidth. Sam Cayze Information Technology Administrator ROLLOUTS ONSITE * ON DEMAND LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze <http://www.linkedin.com/in/samcayze> FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/samcayze <http://www.facebook.com/samcayze> From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: INTERNET SLOWNESS Thanks for the responses! I believe that our internet access is working properly and sufficient for the number of users. We have done some checking to see if people are streaming or downloading music and movies, and we caught one individual who thankfully chose to find employment elsewhere. I'm of the opinion that the problem is the internet itself along with websites that do not have enough bandwidth for the number of daily accesses. That's why I mentioned the "waiting" message on the status bar at the bottom of IE8. When I access our own website which is housed in a different state, I don't get the "waiting" message as often or for the delay time that I get when accessing some major websites. Can anyone confirm my suspicions? Murray ________________________________ From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: INTERNET SLOWNESS Aside from the previous suggestions, do you have content filtering on your firewall? Blocking streaming media/movies/ and so on and help reduce those staff members who are hogging all the bandwidth. Here we block the general "streaming" category and that's really helped to address complaints of slowness. Tom >>> "Murray Freeman" <mfree...@alanet.org> 11/10/2009 10:44 AM >>> Good Morning. I'm trying to determine the cause of internet access slowness here. We are a small organization of fewer than 40 employees, and use a bonded T1 line (3.0) for internet access. Our staff has complained about internet access slowness to me and I've suggested tha the problem is with the Internet, not our access. We are not budgeted to increase our access, and I'm not sure that that is the answer. Using Internet Explorer 8, I can see by the status bar at the bottom the message "waiting" and the url involved. Am I missing something here? Are there some things I can do to speed up internet access, or is the Internet just too clogged with activity? Murray Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
