[Magdalen] A little IT help, please

[Grace Cangialosi]

But it's  alreadyon my laptop...that's where I recorded it.  The problem is
getting it on to our FaceBook page

On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 7:56 PM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
wrote:

> This is all your ISP's doing. They call it "traffic shaping".
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_shaping )
>
> This is exactly what the "Net Neutrality" movement was trying to
> prevent, and the court ruling that ISPs are allowed to do this basically
> means you are screwed. Very few people understood what "net neutrality"
> meant, so the courts chose to remove the requirement that networks be
> neutral with respect to traffic.
>
> This might sound crazy, but the fastest way to upload your video is
> probably to put it on a USB drive or laptop, then go to a Starbucks or
> public library and upload from there. The parking lot outside the closed
> Starbucks or shuttered library will probably work.
>
>
> On 2020-03-22 2:12 pm, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> > -- I am thoroughly frustrated.  The plan was to livestream a Eucharist
> > from
> > the church this morning on our FaceBook page.  We don't have wifi, so
> > the
> > junior warden brought a hotspot. We practiced Friday evening, and it
> > went
> > on to the page with no problem.  I did a short live piece from home
> > last
> > evening, again with no trouble.  This morning we either couldn't get on
> > the
> > internet or kept getting bumped off--even trying two different
> > computers. We figured it was probably because every church in  the
> > country
> > was streaming a service!  So we decided to take a video of the service
> > and
> > post it later.
> >
> > Did that and got a really great video.  But here's the problem.  When I
> > tried to upload it to our page, it got about 5% of the way and then
> > stopped.  I tried that twice.  Then I tried uploading it to YouTube,
> > because someone said that might work better.  Well, it's uploading, but
> > it's been 45 minutes already, 8% done, and it's telling me it will be
> > another 2-1/2 hours.!  Is this normal? I can't imagine having to go
> > through
> > this every time I want to post a video.
> >
> > For this evening I'm just going to stream Evening Prayer from my house,
> > which shoujldn't be a problem. And next Sunday I was planning to do
> > Morning
> > Prayer from my house anyway. But looking ahead to the Palm Sunday and
> > Easter services, which I'd like to have in the church with three or
> > four
> > people, as we did today, I just can't imagine having to do this.  We'll
> > have to record the services the day before.
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> > I appreciate any wisdom you can offer.  You can reply offlist, if you
> > prefer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Grace
> >
> >
> > Grace Cangialosi
> > Ruckersville, VA
> >
> > *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with
> > great
> > love."*
> > *St. Teresa of Calcutta*
>


-- 
Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
love."*
*St. Teresa of Calcutta*