Submission + - Why is the military REALLY blocking MySpace?
Lurker187 writes: OK, despite the subject, I'm not necessarily predisposed one way or the other. However, my last two routers for my home network allow me to deny access to certain domains, reserve bandwidth for certain uses, or limit the bandwidth devoted to certain uses. But, since I know very little about managing a huge network, I want to ask you: Is it really not possible for a large organization to limit the impact of surfing on their bandwidth, as the military seems to be claiming by omission? According to them, sites are being blocked ONLY because of the impact that users accessing those sites has on bandwidth. Is this common practice, are they lazy, are they maybe lacking the resources to allow them to prioritize bandwidth? I wonder whether a network admin could come up with a solution if they really wanted to allow these uses of the network.