based on anecdotal evidence? Until you have the data to understand your t=
raffic you cannot understand what you need to accomplish. Years ago, I tho=
ught I had blown a full T-1 until I was able get software in place to look =
a the traffic pattern. It turned out there was an open proxy on the networ=
k that was consuming most of our bandwidth as people from China and Exxon u=
sed to to browse sites prohibited by their corporate/government firewalls. =
You may simply have 1 or 2 faculty doing NetFlix streaming or a popular P2=
P file share on site. Often these issues can be traced to a small number o=
f individuals without having to restrict the entire environment.=0A=0A_J=0A=
=0A ____________________________=0AJason at jasonpj@yahoo.com=0A=0A=0A=0A=
=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillss=
chool.org>=0ATo: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0ASent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 6:05=
:41 PM=0ASubject: Personal Use=0A=0AOur school has been pretty loose about =
letting teachers, administrators=0Aand staff use the computers for personal=
use on their own time (prep,=0Arecess, lunch, after school, etc.). Howeve=
r, with applications and web=0A2.0 sites taking more and more bandwidth, I =
have a need for teachers to=0Astop streaming their radio station, stop watc=
hing the news videos, stop=0Achecking their Facebook, stop shopping for a n=
ew pair of shoes, etc.=0Aespecially during school hours. I doubled the ban=
dwidth this year from=0Aone T1 to two T1s for about 300 computers, and ther=
e are times when max=0Abandwidth is being used for hours at a time, even th=
ough I know very few=0Aif any students are using it at that time.=0A=0AHow =
anyone else had this problem? How have you dealt with it? =0A=0AThanks,=
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