We have some video in our online educational curriculum modules -- low bandwidth versions, and higher quality versions (over my protests about costs/bandwidth). Our hosting is not yet in-house, though, so to store and serve up the video we had to upgrade our hosting plan. We are now paying about three times the amount we paid for hosting in the pre-video days. We will soon be bringing all our websites in-house, which will present a whole new set of issues for us.
Sharon Hultman WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY MUSEUM 1911 Pacific Avenue Tacoma, WA 98402 253-798-5926 http://washingtonhistory.org -----Original Message----- From: Real, Will [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:53 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Adding mutlimedia to museum websites: bandwidth hit? Our IT staff is concerned about the bandwidth effect caused by delivering multimedia content, particularly video, on the museum's website. Would folks from museums who have gone thru this care to comment on their experiences? I realize it comes down to what the content is and how much traffic there is, but we are hoping we can extrapolate, in a general way, from the actual before-and-after experience of others. Thanks in advance, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh PA _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
