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fyi - Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McNamee, Judy
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:29 AM
> To: A & S Receptionist
> Subject: Internet Bandwidth Problem
>
>
> As everyone is probably aware from the slowness of Internet access, we
> (Seattle Schools) have maxed out our connection to the Internet.
>
> Streaming media (things like RealAudio, Windows Media, etc.) account
> for over 10% of our total bandwidth use -- and sometimes more than
> 20%.
>
> Like water conservation - if we all do our part, the limited resource
> will go much further.
>
> Please help to conserve our very limited bandwidth and keep it
> available for instructional use by:
> - not using streaming audio/video - don't listen to radio stations
> online
> - not playing online games from your district computer
> - not downloading or uploading MP3 (music) files
> - stopping all Internet file-sharing activity (Gnutella, KaZaa,
> Morpheus, etc).
> In addition to being bandwidth hogs, these last two activities are
> frequently illegal because of copyright violations. They can result in
> district disciplinary action, and the user may be prosecuted by the
> copyright owner.
>
> We're in a serious budget crunch, so adding capacity for Internet
> access will be very hard to do. Help the situation by using our
> Internet connection only for necessary instructional and business
> purposes.
>
> Thank you all for your understanding and assistance.
>
> Thanks,
> Judy
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Judy McNamee
> Manager, Computer Operations
> Seattle Public Schools
> Voice: 206-252-0306
> Fax: 206-252-0301
> jmcnamee@seattleschools.org
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
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