[Michlib-l] Benchmark for Bandwidth?

[Garrett Hungerford]

Sheryl,

The FCC provides a nice summary of the E-Rate Modernization Order (
http://www.fcc.gov/page/summary-e-rate-modernization-order).  In it they
reference library benchmarks:

With respect to libraries, the Order adopts as a bandwidth target the
> American Library Association's recommendation that all libraries that serve
> fewer than 50,000 people have broadband speeds of at least 100 Mbps and all
> libraries that serve 50,000 people or more have broadband speeds of at
> least 1 Gbps.


Salem-South Lyon, serving less than 50,000, is looking to surpass the 100
Mbps benchmark and will be going to 150 Mbps July.  Our performance goal is
to be able to provide the fastest Wi-Fi Internet speeds in the community.
We went to local restaurants / coffee shops to see what patrons were
receiving at other locations and what they would expect to see at the
library.  In addition, we try to be attentive to when consumption is
consistently topping out our bandwidth cap and adjust accordingly.



Garrett Hungerford, Assistant Director / Network Administrator

Salem-South Lyon District Library
9800 Pontiac Trail
South Lyon, MI 48178
Phone: (248) 437-6431 - ext. 208
Fax: (248) 437-6593

ghungerford at ssldl.info
http://www.ssldl.info


On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Knox,Sheryl Cormicle <knoxs at cadl.org>
wrote:

>  Looks like the E-Rate program is going to have more money available than
> ever before to subsidize broadband access. The FCC is poised to raise the
> cap another $1.5 billion/year
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/fcc-chief-aims-to-bolster-internet-for-schools.html>,
> from 2.4 billion to 3.9 billion. And there’s another $2 billion in play for
> the next couple years form ‘leftovers’ and due to changes being made in the
> program. So $5.9 billion.
>
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> Those of us at the workshop at LM yesterday are ‘locked and loaded’ to
> make best use of that.
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> And it got me thinking about what is a good, target bandwidth to aspire
> to? Is there a formula?
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> The NYT article above about the cap increase references a ‘rule of thumb’
> for schools in the near term  of “100MB of Internet bandwidth per 1,000
> students” and in the longer term 1GB per 1,000 students.
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> Is anyone familiar with a similar ‘rule of thumb’ or benchmark for
> libraries?
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> Such a benchmark would have a lot of caveats, for sure. Maybe you have an
> internal performance goal for bandwidth to the patron desktop you’d like to
> share?
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