I have serious question about the bandwidth required

I have kids at Mason and Madison. Some Mason parents were barking to shut the school down and move everything online. I guess UVa has the infrastructure in place. But a school with 35000 students and thousands of classes, it'll take a lot of bandwidth to have all of those students logging in to stream classes. I don't think it'll be a smooth scenario.

the other question, if it does work on large scale, way are we paying top dollar for brick and mortar academic institutions?

In response to this post by TechMomof2

Posted: 03/12/2020 at 06:36AM

For Computer Geeks: Let's say all universities go to online streaming -- TechMomof2 03/12/2020 02:08AM

Pied piper compression will save us ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 03/12/2020 09:21AM

I actually wonder if universities will use this to cut staff later -- WestyHokie 03/12/2020 08:42AM

Internet bandwidth yes, individual university and/or home bandwidth -- HokieForever 03/12/2020 08:06AM

Skip the video, and just use data (think powerpoint) and voice. ** -- Hokie360 03/12/2020 07:32AM

Having taught online for the last decade let me say . . . . -- MidloHokie 03/12/2020 07:10AM

My kids have taken online classes..none were livestream ** -- capitals1 03/12/2020 08:28AM

My interesting fact for the day -- `lag 03/12/2020 07:34AM

Yeah, I teach at Tech...I don't expect to livestream anything. ** -- Pylons 03/12/2020 07:26AM

VT's MIT program (on-line) typically has a 1 hr zoom session each week ** -- Chesapeake_Hokie 03/12/2020 09:26AM

Which won't change based on this coronavirus business ** -- Pylons 03/12/2020 09:27AM

Agreed -- Chesapeake_Hokie 03/12/2020 09:28AM

Ah...hello, namesake ** -- Pylons 03/12/2020 09:33AM

LOL, that's funny. -- Chesapeake_Hokie 03/12/2020 09:36AM

I doing well...thanks...hey, if you're not a sub -- Pylons 03/12/2020 10:21AM

I remember reading a post from you about that subject -- Chesapeake_Hokie 03/12/2020 11:33AM

I'm livestreaming office hours. Otherwise asynchronous. ** -- HokieEngineer 03/12/2020 07:52AM

I'm working on an online Master's program and that's how it is setup. ** -- Jackie VT 03/12/2020 08:46AM

You all rock. Keep up the good work ** -- Hokie1992 03/12/2020 08:25AM

I have serious question about the bandwidth required -- Hokie1992 03/12/2020 06:36AM

Isn't Nova(sux) the internet capital of the world? But seriously -- 48zip 03/12/2020 08:00AM

Nova certainly has the bandwidth -- Hokie1992 03/12/2020 08:15AM

Most of that datacenter, company, and school internet is on private network -- TheNuke 03/12/2020 08:12AM

Gotcha. Thnx ** -- 48zip 03/12/2020 08:50AM

Yes Ashburn ** -- HokieForever 03/12/2020 08:08AM

I support an ORG that is responsible for this type of issue. I'll say that -- CochraneResident 03/12/2020 05:09AM

I have serious question about the bandwidth required

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