Comments on: NECC 2008 certain to challenge conference bandwidth limits

By: Brian Crosby

Brian Crosby — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:55:49 +0000

Wes - I will have my wireless card too, but how well it will work inside the convention center is also an unknown. I guess we will find out!

By: Steve Hargadon

Steve Hargadon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:51:30 +0000

I believe that Anita at NECC said that they have a system to limit bandwidth for every IP address–which makes a lot of sense and would hopefully give everyone some base amount of access but not allow bandwidth “hogging.”

By: Bethany Smith

Bethany Smith — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:33:28 +0000

I was just at the Moodle Moot in SF where EVERYONE had a laptop. My internet connection dropped every 5 minutes. It was beyond frustrating. It really tarnished the conference experience for me. I hope this does not happen at NECC. I’m *hoping* that the organizers have thought of this. On the other hand, maybe not dragging my laptop around all day is a good thing hmmm…

By: Wesley Fryer

Wesley Fryer — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:15:35 +0000

Richard: Wow, those are some impressive numbers! I’d agree that 1:1 learning settings are EXACTLY what we want both at teacher professional development conferences/meetings and in our classrooms!

By: Richard Millwood

Richard Millwood — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:00:19 +0000

I blogged about the Learning@School conference in Rotorua, New Zealand earlier this year, where 1200 turned up but over 900 connected laptops at some time. At first the wireles had trouble, but this was actually the server allocating IP addresses not the capacity of the wireless itself. I was astonished at the number of teachers bringing their ICT practice to the conference, but wondered whether this is the shape of things to come - what we all want, all of the time in connectivity and bandwidth.