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I donšt 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 isnšt 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 donšt know if that helps or is what youšre 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]