[OPLINTECH] Dropbox and File Sharing

[Nathan Eady]

"Stephen Cram" <steve at nbpubliclibrary.org> writes:

> Chad,
>
> You might want to ask OPLIN about your bandwidth use.  Downloading
> files with a gazillion GB will really use up a lot of bandwidth.
>
> We block those sites here in North Baltimore.  We allow gaming and
> music downloads - that slows access down noticibly now.

I'm pretty sure blocking Dropbox and allowing online gaming is, from a
bandwidth perspective, kind of like putting bars on the upstairs windows
and leaving the ground-floor windows wide open.  Under anything
resembling normal usage conditions, I would not expect Dropbox to
consume even 1% of the bandwidth that online gaming does.  (Granted,
it'll be rather spikier usage, but still.)

-- 
Nathan Eady
Galion Public Library