Re: netflix question

2015-04-23 Thread Joey Rego
We looked at a few different vendors before choosing the right Transparent Caching solution. It did take a little while to get an apples to apples comparison as each of the vendors had differing terminologies for the same thing. Once we were able to figure that out it was easy enough to create

RE: netflix question

2015-03-24 Thread Peter P Morrissey
I would think some of those adjustments are already being done at the web/app or client/server layer? Pete Morrissey From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Dexter Caldwell Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 11:32 AM To: W

RE: netflix question

2015-03-24 Thread Dexter Caldwell
I've testing a Procera right now, along with an Exinda. One nice thing about the former, it can do device profiling/fingerprinting- so in theory, you could probably build a set of policies that effectively said for a phones, you want to squeeze bandwidth down so that smaller screens, don't ever

RE: netflix question

2015-03-19 Thread Thomas Carter
We don't charge students based on usage or tiered levels of service and currently don't have major bandwidth issues, but are keeping a close eye on it. That being said, for a 24 hour period, streaming video is approximately 2/3 of all bandwidth usage. That includes Netflix, YouTube, etc. 40% jus

RE: netflix question

2015-03-19 Thread Chad Burnham
HI Dave, Our GigaPoP (FRGP) Installed a netflix cache with success for all members - see usage graph below: [http://www.frgp.net/cgi-bin/cricket/mini-graph.cgi?type=png;target=%2Frouter-interfaces%2Fcore-l3%2Fxe-0-3-2;inst=0;dslist=ifHCInOctets%2CifHCOutOctets;range=41472000;rand=296] When we mo

Re: netflix question

2015-03-19 Thread Green, William C
Yes we see lots of Netflix. Whether is matters would be highly dependent on your situation (funding model, size, location). Our concerns/approach on two levels— Internet and LAN: Internet: We charge for bandwidth. The students use more BW, they have to buy more BW from us, we use that to pur