[Magdalen] A little IT help, please

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks, Brian—I’ll try that. Does this mean I’ll keep having this problem from now on, or is it likely to be intermittent? Now that I think about it, my computer does seem to be faster at my daughter’s than at my house; she has a different provider. I just figured it was my laptop. 

> On Mar 22, 2020, at 11:51 PM, Brian Reid <brian at reid.org> wrote:
> 
> 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*