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I think that's where we are headed now that we have more bandwidth. But we are still throttling the public Wi-Fi virtual LAN so that the public (packets) gets a lower priority access to bandwidth than museum uses. We use something called "Quality of Service (QoS) to control how much bandwidth the public gets. We can also throttle by data type, so if we are doing a video conference (streaming video packets), we'll slow down email packets and Web traffic so there are no freezes in the video or dropouts in the audio. 

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On May 9, 2013, at 4:56 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:

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> yeah, thats a better idea.  thanks chris
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> On May 9, 2013, at 4:37 PM, Chris Wallace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
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>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> Isn't it possible to set up a system in which a user agreement pops up, but
>> that does not require a password? That is common in airports (that provide
>> free Wi-Fi) and hospitals.
>> 
>> Seems like a much simpler system to maintain. This would work for the phones
>> as well, because to use the Wi-Fi you still need to "accept" the user
>> agreement.
>> 
>> Chris
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>> Christine Wallace
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>> Catalysis LLC
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>> PO Box 80869
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>> Portland, Oregon 97280 USA
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>> 503-200-0442
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