[OPLINTECH] Block MySpace?

[Mohamed A. Ragheb]

Hi Josh, 

We block it on the children's computers but not the adult ones,you can set up a max bandwidth allowed for this site on your firewall/router and that should help as far as the bandwidth problem.

Thanks 


Mohamed A. Ragheb 
IT Administrator 
Canal Fulton Public Library 
154 Market Street N.E 
Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614 
Phone: (330) 854-4148
Fax : (330) 854-9520 
www.canalfultonlibrary.org 
-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Proffit [mailto:jproffit at newarklibrary.info]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 03:07 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] Block MySpace?

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Do any libraries out there filter out or block MySpace? I ask because for one, it really consumes a huge amount of bandwidth with all the streaming audio and whatnot. Also it has a tendency to generate tech calls with patrons wanting help on uploading pictures or scanning pictures then uploading them to their pages, or even the occasional “help I cannot get into my MySpace email account” kind of scenarios. Don’t get me wrong, we love helping out our patrons but sometimes it seems to get a little ridiculous with the kind of help that is being asked for and perhaps it is just me but it seems to come in waves. J I’d love to hear any feedback on this. As always, please be brutally honest in your opinions and advice. Thanks!!
Joshua Proffit
Head of Automated Services
Newark Public Library
101 West Main Street
Newark, OH43055
(740) 349-5586
jproffit at newarklibrary.info



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