Why the Internet Can Be Slow

This was posted on the NL Admin blog regarding when the Internet is slow:

We have an average of 380,000 customers visit our libraries in a month and that is average of 20,000/day. Nearly 100,000 customers use computers in the library every month. Every customer entering one of our libraries immediately takes up one Internet connection due to their Smart Phone, e-reader or another tablet device. At any given time, our Internet usage peaks around 383 MB on our 500 MB pipe.

Any website that is accessed via the library computers has to go through Smart Filter/CIPA firewall first and that is another reason of slow Internet connectivity. CIPA or Children Internet Protection Act is a federal law enacted by Congress to address concerns about access to offensive content over the Internet on school and library computers.