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Is AIM Really a Bandwidth Hog?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-danger-to-those-with-small-pipes dept.

Crispen asks: "A mess of schools, especially K-12 schools in the US, have banned instant messaging, claiming that it is a huge bandwidth hog. Is it? If you block ports 4443 (images) and 5190 (file transfers), how much bandwidth does AIM really take?"

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  1. Re:Enormous consumer of mental bandwidth by Copperhead · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "but it can also utterly destroy productivity during lectures"

    How productive can one be during a lecture?

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