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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">It is possible that is may be an issue for High Definition (HD) video beyond 1080p, for example 4k streams, but, by-in-large it should be usable for almost everything else. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Head of Collection and Technical Services<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">McConnell Library, Radford University<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">540-831-5703 <kjohnson497@radford.edu><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Homanchuk, Alex<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 1, 2017 10:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] question about library wireless download speed cap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Melissa,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I don’t think it would present a problem for any streaming media resources you have or otherwise if the wireless download speed is capped 5MB/s by
connected device. Average home broadband speeds in Canada are around 40 – 45 mbps which is roughly 5MB/s. I’m sure such caps are fairly common on campuses just not advertised. Netflix recommends 25 Megabits per second (3.1 megabytes – MB) for “Ultra HD quality”
on their platform which is probably higher then needed for the likes of FoD et al.
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Alex Homanchuk, MLIS, MFA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">416-977-6000 x3701<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Eril-l [<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Melissa Belvadi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> November-01-17 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] question about library wireless download speed cap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Our IT department has just told us that they're capping wireless download at 5 MB/s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We do have a few streaming video products, including Kanopy, Films on Demand, Curio.ca, and NFB Campus (Canadian).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Or could it even cause problems with any of our other products, e.g. EBSCO Discovery Service, interacting with publisher websites' ebooks or our Big Deal journals, etc.?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Melissa Belvadi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:mbelvadi@upei.ca" target="_blank">mbelvadi@upei.ca</a> 902-566-0581<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">my <a href="http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=mbelvadi%40upei.ca&ctz=America/Halifax&mode=week" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">public calendar</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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