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<p class=MsoNormal>I was just reading Laura Solomon’s latest “What
does this mean to me…” entry on Hulu - <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/meanlaura/archives/181">http://www.oplin.org/meanlaura/archives/181</a>
- and began wondering just what DOES this mean to me. I had originally
planned to just comment on the posting, but thought I’d like to throw it
out here to see what others are thinking.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>With OPLIN monitoring T-1 lines and offering free upgrades
to fiber(where available) per the conditions in previous messages, how will
this affect the bottom line for other services? Is it possible that a
spur in streaming video could spike those upgrades and impact other services…financially
speaking? With the economic downturn, and lots of people cancelling
luxuries at home such as for pay television services and/or broadband,I think
there’s a real chance for a greater number of libraries to end up
eligible for the upgrades. I understand that with the filtering grants
and hardware, we can block those sites and save bandwidth, but I would think
that would be a last resort move when people are coming to the library
expressly for luxuries they’ve had to deny themselves out of
necessity. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Speaking based on my own experience, we’ve already
doubled our bandwidth at our main site this year and are starting to max out more
regularly at our branch. We don’t have a very many people watching
much more than a series of low quality YouTube videos and some online gamers at
the moment. If we get a dozen people watching HDTV…could be a
problem. I was wondering what other libraries are doing or are planning. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have been debating whether or not to try packet
shaping. Maybe we’ll just dedicate a couple of terminals for people
to use their Netflix subscriptions on <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>PS…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If you should upgrade your bandwidth…be sure to turn
off any test throttling you may have done first. Not that I spent a week
cutting my upgraded service in half or anything…no…I certainly did
not do that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Shane
Ian Hoffman<br>
IT Coordinator<br>
Pickaway County District Public Libraries<br>
1160 North Court Street<br>
Circleville, OH 43113<br>
phone - 740.477.1644 ext. 232<br>
fax - 740.474.2855</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
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