[Web4lib] YouTube and Bandwith

[Andrew Mutch]

Mary,

Whenever people have asked about blocking YouTube, my response has always been "Why?" YouTube is Flash-based video and it is streamed which means it's likely using less bandwidth than other audio and video formats. I think the perception is that since it's video, it must be a bandwidth hog. But if you have bandwidth concerns based on content and delivery, there are other offenders I would look at long before I would try and tackle YouTube.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Hartman" <mfcord56 at hotmail.com>
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 9:23:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Web4lib] YouTube and Bandwith


Are there any libraries that have blocked the use of YouTube in their libraries because it uses so much bandwith?  Have there been any repercussions?  
 
Mary 
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