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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 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]