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Thursday, July 03, 2014
What's hogging bandwidth on college campuses?
eCampus News | eCampus News: Bandwidth demands have been at critical levels for years on college campuses of every size, and the ubiquity of tablets has only complicated matters for higher education IT officials.
In my six days at Carnegie Mellon, the one thing that becomes obviously nigh-instantly is that internet speeds can be all over the place, all hours of the day. In this article, a whopping 84% of people say that tablets are the biggest bandwidth hogs, yet from anecdotal experience, I'm inclined to disagree. The survey conducted gives laptops 75%, but the amount of people I've seen conducting online gaming and watching movies from netflix begs to differ. Of course, the figures would vary from campus to campus, but the overwhelming majority of computers I see in a day gives me pause at every turn. Mobile phones also account for lots of data, but the obtuse connection requirements here at Carnegie Mellon appear to discourage people from connecting their phones and iPods. Downloading things is a task that must be reserved for the wee hours of the night, past when everyone is asleep, so you can get those precious download speeds you crave so much.A first-world problem for sure, but a pressing one nonetheless.
Being a kid that loves technology I am constantly trying to push the wifi to its limits. The internet has changed the way people go about their daily lives and continues to adapt. I don't really agree with the line that tablets cause the issue of heightened bandwidth use because everything that a tablet can do can also be done on a phone. When tablets first came they were definitely the big thing to have but now that advances in smart phones have taken effect there isn't a reason for someone to walk around a campus with a tablet. Devices that stream video take up a lot of bandwidth, so for example blu ray players and gaming consoles must have a large effect on the bandwidth. I know that I am constantly using my phone when on campus and 90% of the time i'm on the schools wifi. I always see people replying to emails and using other social networking sites that can also affect the bandwidth. There is definitely a devices that affect the bandwidth, but you might have a hard time pinpointing that device.
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In my six days at Carnegie Mellon, the one thing that becomes obviously nigh-instantly is that internet speeds can be all over the place, all hours of the day. In this article, a whopping 84% of people say that tablets are the biggest bandwidth hogs, yet from anecdotal experience, I'm inclined to disagree. The survey conducted gives laptops 75%, but the amount of people I've seen conducting online gaming and watching movies from netflix begs to differ. Of course, the figures would vary from campus to campus, but the overwhelming majority of computers I see in a day gives me pause at every turn. Mobile phones also account for lots of data, but the obtuse connection requirements here at Carnegie Mellon appear to discourage people from connecting their phones and iPods. Downloading things is a task that must be reserved for the wee hours of the night, past when everyone is asleep, so you can get those precious download speeds you crave so much.A first-world problem for sure, but a pressing one nonetheless.
Being a kid that loves technology I am constantly trying to push the wifi to its limits. The internet has changed the way people go about their daily lives and continues to adapt. I don't really agree with the line that tablets cause the issue of heightened bandwidth use because everything that a tablet can do can also be done on a phone. When tablets first came they were definitely the big thing to have but now that advances in smart phones have taken effect there isn't a reason for someone to walk around a campus with a tablet. Devices that stream video take up a lot of bandwidth, so for example blu ray players and gaming consoles must have a large effect on the bandwidth. I know that I am constantly using my phone when on campus and 90% of the time i'm on the schools wifi. I always see people replying to emails and using other social networking sites that can also affect the bandwidth. There is definitely a devices that affect the bandwidth, but you might have a hard time pinpointing that device.
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