[Magdalen] A little IT help, please

[Brian Reid]

Then take your laptop, park outside some shop or store that has WiFi, 
and try uploading from there. The blockade is in the company that 
provides your own internet access; you have to use some other company.

On 2020-03-22 5:12 pm, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> 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*
>>