Comments on: NCAA tournament – bandwidth hog?

By: Khürt Williams

Khürt Williams — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:38:52 +0000

I’m the web filter manager ( we use Webwasher ) for my employer and I have been blocking Streaming Media and Media Downloads ( iTunes, CinemaNow etc ) for almost 3 years. We once had an issue where end of day business could not complete because the network was 100% used. Streaming sports content was the culprit.

By: Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:00:23 +0000

In my experience users are not ‘saints’ and will abuse the priviledge. I blocked ncaasports and cbssports because I noticed a significant decrease in bandwidth and was able to track it down to these sites [while the games were playing].

By: Rhys Owen

Rhys Owen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:41:48 +0000

We have unlimited bandwidth so aslong as they are doing their work, it’s fine. If work starts to slack, I will block these streaming networks.

By: andy

andy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:08:45 +0000

we are having a party and watching the games together. I would never work for a place so strapped for bandwidth that they block users from doing what they want. We *are* adults right?

By: Wesley Corie

Wesley Corie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:40:56 +0000

My users are educated to not use streaming video in the office unless it’s a mandatory training video. If anyone starts watching sports in the office anywhere other than then the 50″ plama in the break room – I’ll be all over OpenDNS blocking the streaming sites. We host stuff at our location, so we are pretty tight on bandwidth.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:11:58 +0000

I like my job, if I block sports events I will get fired, even if it does kill my internet connection

By: Ricky Cain

Ricky Cain — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:58:40 +0000

Who would block the games, I can see educational institutes doing so. For bandwith consumption, or distractions.