Re: Do you block P2P ?

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Gregg, Christopher S. wrote:
> I think knowing the size of the schools would be a key item as well.
> We have 2,500 resident students, and 11,000 total students (who could
> potentially be using wireless for P2P).  We don't block P2P.  We use
> the Packetshaper to limit P2P bandwidth, and the residence hall
> network overall during normal business hours.  We have received about
> 120 DMCA complaints per year over the last two years.

Good point. We have 2800-2900 students, nearly all resident, and we
merely limit P2P bandwidth. Recipients of DMCA notifications are placed
in a special group where we then block their P2P traffic outright.

We received about 200 notices last year, and 14 in the two weeks since
students returned to campus. Not one of our notifications was due to
Skype ;-)

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