[IMC-Tech] Re: [rfu-tech] slow-ass internet

[Mike Lehman]

Dan,
Thanks for the update. As with many things at the IMC, patience may 
yield rewards. We really do want to avoid any unnecessary expenses.
Mike Lehman

dan blah wrote:
> there should be no reason to get a dsl line just for rfu... although
> it can be easily done and dedicated to rfu.  as of this email i just
> set up the imc firewall to queue and allocate bandwidth for the rfu
> automation computer (it wasnt doing this before).  let me know if this
> helps at all.  the main reason for the slowness of the line right now
> is that the chambana.net server is residing on the same line as
> everything else in the imc and is currently not behind the
> queueing/prioritizing firewall.  once this is done (dont ask me
> when... i will just say soon) all should be well.
> On 6/20/06, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Gary,
>> All I can do is cc this to IMC Tech.
>>
>> One solution may be to reinstall the DSL line and dedicate it to RFU. We
>> seemed to have minimal problems when we relied on it, which is weird
>> since it had so much less rated capacity than cable. But I'm definitely
>> not a network person, so I don't know if this is workable or not.
>> Mike Lehman
>>
>> Gary Cziko wrote:
>> > Mike et al.:
>> >
>> > We continue to experience connectivity problems with the streaming
>> > automation we do in the early morning and for Radio Bilingüe on
>> > weekday afternoons. There are periods when there are frequent
>> > blackouts, some long enough (over 30 seconds) to drop the live feed
>> > and go to the automation music playlist.
>> >
>> > I don't remember this being an issue before we switched to Insight
>> > Broadband. And I have no such problems listening to the same streams
>> > at home with my Insight cable modem.
>> >
>> > Can someone provide an update on our Internet connectivity? Or we
>> > really getting what we are paying for? And if so, why the continued
>> > problems with receiving streaming audio?
>> >
>> > --Gary
>> >