A caching proxy server would help that a lot. I am in the middle of moving things around but when it was active I was seeing a 30% drop in traffic that was not P2P.
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:03 AM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > I'm a provider for a small rural school, where the computer lab has about 25 > machines in it. I provide them 5 meg, and have been thinking about turning > it up a little, because during certain times in their computer classes, they > seriously swamp that 5 megs, and they don't do p2p or download ISO's or > anything else. It's just that 25 people clicking on the same links at the > same moment, especially if it's some site with a small video clip or > something, easily can use all 5 meg and even 10 meg and still have it feel > slow. > > Not only that, to save money, the school IT guy moved the school's website > to a server located at the school. > > Satellite... Is not adequate for school use, as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > >> >> Yes Hughes Satelite performs very poorly. But I'd also argue, how fast >> does >> 20 computers for elementary school kids really need to be? >> >> >5. What would it cost to deploy a 100 mile microwave link between Corning >>> and Weaverville with a minimum of 50Mbps of bandwidth but preferably >>> 100Mbps >> >> I'm sure they could do it for much less than the $50k. >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
