Hi, On Wed, 06 Oct 2004, Harald Thingelstad wrote:
> But put video on it? Animations? > With no compression of image data, bandwith use goes up the roof. Absolutely. It's not an easy thing to solve either. I have an idea about this but will start it in a separate thread. > 2 Mbit per client is a very round figure. It all depends on the > applications you want to run and the quality you need from them. > As long as we can get 10 Mbit hubs for free, we're not going to spend > too much money on 10/100 Mbit switches. Needs must I suppose. Mind you the price of basic 100MB switches is pretty low by now. http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=114804&cks=PRL > At least not when sustainable internet costs for our project schools > limits us to using dial-up modems.. Ouch. Whole schools use dial-ups? It's a mixed bag here but domestic aDSL is cheap enough that schools in urban areas can usually afford it if they are so inclined. I imagine most Irish schools are currently on dial-ups though now that I think about it. Gavin
