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  • My Battles with the Bandwidth Beast

    My Battles with the Bandwidth Beast

    In 2017 we talk about campus bandwidth needs using terms such as IoT (internet of Things)  and BYOD.  When we began our efforts to expand campus bandwidth those terms weren’t widely used. Since that time Casper College has spent approximately $1.7 million on overall network upgrades the past 5 years).  Some of the activities we…

  • Getting to the Cloud Under the Tail of a T-Rex

      Until recently I lived in a location serviced only by satellite based internet service which from my experience generally provides far less bandwidth than the advertised download speed and this was.    When I have brought up this variation in services and cost between rural and urban areas over the years the response usually ranges…