Thanks for the link.  I probably could do it myself if I shook the cobwebs off that part of my brain.  :)

Thanks,
Carol

On Aug 4, 2014, at 10:23 PM, Al Matthews wrote:

> Like most things, if you want to do this, you probably can do it yourself
> http://web.opalsoft.net/qos/default.php ; and then Cisco, who also happen
> to make really big switches, get additional points for abstracting away
> some low-level decisions.
> 
> Traffic-shaping is a lively commercial industry at this time, not least
> because it dovetails with deep-packet inspection in certain use cases
> like, how do I retain my hold on power in Egypt or Tunisia. I don’t mean
> to be a bummer though.
> 
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> 
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> 
> On 8/4/14, 4:07 PM, "Carol Bean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks, Scott.  I appreciate the details.  I hadn't thought of
>> investigating firmware hacks.  I have heard Cisco routers are being used
>> to manage bandwidth, and are, as expected, a pricey "solution".
>> 
>> Carol
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 4, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Scott Fisher wrote:
>> 
>>> I don¹t know about libraries, but there are some technical solutions to
>>> problems like these.
>>> 
>>> One approach to reducing bandwidth may be bandwidth throttling in the
>>> router settings for the router the library uses.  This limits the
>>> download/upload rates for a client or clients and may limit high
>>> resolution video viewing because the connection then could be set to
>>> throttle at a speed too slow to view some or all high-resolution
>>> streaming
>>> versions of videos in real time. This may also make it so that one user
>>> isn¹t hogging and saturating the internet connection and slowing the
>>> network for all other users.  I've seen this kind of throttling in
>>> hotels
>>> that supply a free low speed connection that is good enough for checking
>>> email and browsing the web, but not fast enough for streaming video
>>> (they
>>> then may allow it if you pay an extra fee).
>>> 
>>> There may also be ways to set daily bandwidth quotas for each client in
>>> the router settings for some routers.
>>> 
>>> Many consumer routers do not have these settings, but more expensive
>>> professional-level routers or alternative firmwares for consumer routers
>>> might have the settings.  For example, DD-WRT or Tomato are custom
>>> firmwares for some routers that may allow you to configure settings like
>>> this if someone has released something for your specific brand/model of
>>> router.  For example a Tomato firmware by shibby has settings like this
>>> http://tomato.groov.pl/wp-content/gallery/screenshots/bwlimiter.png .
>>> 
>>> I don¹t know if that helps or is what you¹re looking for.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 8/4/14, 7:20 AM, "Carol Bean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> A quick and dirty search of the list archives turned up this topic
>>>> from 5
>>>> years ago.  I am wondering what libraries (especially those with
>>>> limited
>>>> resources) are doing today to control or moderate bandwidth, e.g.,
>>>> where
>>>> viewing video sites uses up excessive amounts of bandwidth?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help,
>>>> Carol
>>>> 
>>>> Carol Bean
>>>> [log in to unmask]
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