Comments on: 3 Compelling Reasons to Implement Network Internet Control

By: Jeremy Pullicino

Jeremy Pullicino — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:44:16 +0000

Jason – you are absolutely right, I have seen this happen before. People who download DVDs and games at night are guilty of bandwidth hogging, just as Mr. Coffee Lover says, and just like you say, can be even worse in many situations.

By: Jeremy Pullicino

Jeremy Pullicino — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:42:24 +0000

There are many legitimate reasons to use streaming media services such as the ones offered by Skype and Yahoo Messenger. It is important to identify the employees needs and also perform monitoring, to ensure that legitimate usage of software does not hinder other employees.

By: Jeremy Pullicino

Jeremy Pullicino — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:39:14 +0000

This is sometimes called the “idle system” argument, and people who believe in it claim that they might just as well be using the bandwidth whilst systems are idle.

The flaw with this argument is that the users of the system are in no way qualified to determine whether a system is idle or not, and indeed many systems like automatic updates and backups happen at night and require all the bandwidth they can take in order to finish by the next work day.

By: Jason Right

Jason Right — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:50:50 +0000

@Mr. Coffee Lover – in some aspects this kind of hogging is even worse. For instance, if updates are scheduled for download at night, when presumably there is less traffic, updates might fail because of all the movies somebody is downloading then.

By: Kelly Schmidt

Kelly Schmidt — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:08:04 +0000

My Yahoo Messenger and Skype are always on all the time. I can’t live without them. For me, they’re more important than my web browser. They’re not just excellent tools with real-time communication features, they’re also a great media platform.

YM, for instance, allows you to listen to your favorite song hits. Skype, on the other hand, can be a good alternative to using cellphones. I myself load my Skype more often than my mobile phone. I use it to call and text all my contacts. I prefer it over my cellphone because my load never expires in Skype, which is a real value for me.

By: Mr_Coffee_Lover

Mr_Coffee_Lover — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:54:47 +0000

Bandwidth hogging in the workplace also includes downloading movies and mp3 files at night. Some employees think that since no one is using the Internet after work hours, they might as well make use of it during the wee hours. Three of my co-workers are always downloading some DVD screeners and games at night.

Although doing this does not directly affect an organization’s productivity at work, however, in general this could still affect the Internet’s bandwidth and can still be considered as “bandwidth hogging”.

By: Gabriel Hughes

Gabriel Hughes — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:03:16 +0000

Setting up smart bandwidth monitoring and, as a result, blocking, solves most of the problems you’ll hear in an office about system slowness. Even when you think you have a smart web-blocking system in place, there’s always some method that employees can find in order to stream content that is very bandwidth intensive. Using bandwidth usage as a requirement, you’re going to get 95% of the problem taken care of, and not have as many relevant complaints as far as blocked sites and content go.