I am curious as to how boarding schools are dealing with the ever
increasing appetite that students seem to have for bandwidth. We have
160 boarders (95% have computers) and a T-1 that has served us well.
During non-school hours students completely clog T-1 and I would love to
say that it is educational use, however it is all I-Tunes, online TV
viewing, and other bandwidth intensive recreational activities. =20
The question that we struggle with is do we spend more money on
bandwidth that would basically serve recreational purposes, or do we
restrict usage on a generation that lives and breathes technology?
We are currently in discussion as to how to deal with the issue and of
course one of the first questions that is asked is, "What are other
schools doing?"
Thanks,
Jeff Dayton
Director of Technology
The Madeira School
jdayton@madeira.org
703-556-8342
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