2.+Bandwidth

Bandwidth – How do I get my slice of the cake? Think of bandwidth as a cake sitting on a table in the faculty room. Would you ever consider eating up 9 of the 10 slices and leaving 1 piece for the rest of your colleagues to share? Of course not! This is how you need to view bandwidth. All users in a school share the same network connection so one person has the potential to be a bandwidth hog. How can you be respectful of others? Try this:

1. When playing music, use a CD or an already downloaded music file. Streaming from Pandora, an online music site or a radio station eats up the bandwidth cake. 2. When showing a video, use a DVD or an already downloaded video file. Streaming from Discovery United Streaming or any video streaming site eats up the bandwidth cake. During DCAS state testing, DOE gets to have its cake and eat it too. Bandwidth is prioritized for the test to prevent wait time between questions for students. This will leave less bandwidth to share with your colleagues so please be mindful of your actions.

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====Every user at a site shares the overall bandwidth so it is essential that each user is aware of the potential impact their activities may have on the other users at that site. When using the Internet, the available bandwidth is divided by the number of concurrent users.====

====Web browsing uses very small bursts of bandwidth to load pages but streaming audio or video utilizes bandwidth for the duration of the audio or video. This constant demand has a significant impact on bandwidth available to others therefore it should be used judiciously.====