We got a 3 of those too...for 30 classrooms.  They wouldn't give us more
without charging us $2/mo per device.

>>> "Steele, Thomas C" <tste...@manteno5.org> 9/14/2010 9:35 AM >>>

I don’t think that is a law, but rather something that was worked in to
local franchise agreements and eventually made policy by most of the
larger cable companies.  Comcast gave us three free digital converters
per school to cover their switch to digital.
 

Thomas C. Steele
Technology Director
Manteno CUSD #5



 

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Aren’t cable companies required by law to offer school’s free service?

Curtis McKay
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Belleville Township High School District 201
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We unfortunately lost most of our cable channels when they went digital
earlier this year.

>>> "Steele, Thomas C" <tste...@manteno5.org> 9/14/2010 9:11 AM >>>
CNN is carrying it.  That is how we are recommending it be viewed
here.
 

Thomas C. Steele
Technology Director
Manteno CUSD #5

 

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As far as Windows Media Services goes, if it’s a major thing going on
live, it’s usually on television as well.  We’ve hooked a VCR up to an
encoder box and “streamed” television channels to the classrooms
before.
 

Curtis McKay
Network Administrator
Belleville Township High School District 201
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What do you use, if anything, to host/proxy an external video stream
internally so that bandwidth isn't saturated when every classroom tries
to watch it at the same time?

 

I know Windows Media Services can do this, but it doesn't work for
flash/mp4 streams.

 

Ideas?

 

Bob
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