Posted by rgwarren 522 days ago
Category: Statistics | Tags: bandwidth caps isp charges streaming
Given the direction of many ISPs it would be quite useful to have a category that identifies domains that provide content that requires high bandwidth and could cause users to exceed their monthly usage caps. Personally, I would block the category and whitelist the sites I needed.
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written by impact 515 days ago Rating: 2 | Rate Comment: + -

Good

written by solparwebmaster 512 days ago Rating: 3 | Rate Comment: + -

very good

written by ravelord 483 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -4 | Rate Comment: + -

written by mrelvey 476 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Essential for users of satellite broadband, e.g. WildBlue Starband and Hughesnet.

written by asadlarik3 474 days ago Rating: 4 | Rate Comment: + -

`video sharing` category is already there

and most important "file storage" category (like rapidshare)will fulfill your requirement without adding any more categories

written by billso 420 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Some file sharing services specialize in small files, such as images.

written by parthapratimdas-clients 456 days ago - show/hide this comment Rating: -2 | Rate Comment: + -

written by daltonik 402 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Es verdad hay muchos sitios haciendo pasar basura por nuestras redes

written by bmelancon 333 days ago Rating: 1 | Rate Comment: + -

A streaming media category would be great for me. I get a lot of flack for blocking anything to do with TV, Movies, or Radio just in order to block people from streaming media from those sites and eating up my bandwidth. I really don't care if they go to imdb.com or the like, I'm just interested in blocking the bandwidth wasters. I am very much in favor of a separate category for Streaming/High Bandwidth.

written by jmyhasuk 283 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Very thoughtful idea, I like it a lot.

written by Larry Gilbert 142 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

Traffic shaping is a much more appropriate tool for this.

written by wbservice 130 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

I like the "Streaming" category, so we can block those site that provide that content.

written by dering 120 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

This would be ideal for a small business Citrix platform we use...users use web browsing within Citrix and we get limited bandwidth (go over, we pay a lot) so this would allow us to restrict bandwidth when needed.

written by jjohnson 77 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

That would be a great feature.

written by plow 31 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

This category should be added if you have ISPs like Comcast that put a bandwidth cap on your connection and will cut you off if you exceed that cap. That would be great for networks that doesn't want network congestion.

written by Daniel Gifford STAFF 11 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate Comment: + -

The "High" setting on the Content Filtering settings page will accomplish this. You can also choose to block specific categories with the Custom option.


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