CBS who broadcasts all the March Madness, along with it's affiliates and they recently obtained an email warning employees at the Pentagon of the affects of streaming March Madness......it actually kind of gave me a chuckle, given the serious nature of what the Pentagon handles day to day.
Here’s the full email sent by JSP to Pentagon employees Wednesday:
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
JSP Notice: March Madness Video Streaming and Network Consumption
SUMMARY: March Madness is officially upon us. Your JSP support team acknowledges and appreciates that college basketball fans within the DoD are excited to cheer on their favorite teams, update brackets, and otherwise obsess over the Big Dance. In preparation for the event, JSP engineers will closely monitor bandwidth consumption and server availability to handle additional network strain as best as they can. However, it is important to remember that we share a single network and visiting non-mission essential websites degrades network performance for everyone.
Please keep in mind; if you’re streaming video to watch your favorite player shooting free throws, you’re consuming network resources that could be served to support the Warfighter.
If you experience any questions or concerns, please contact the JSP Service Desk for assistance.
Sincerely,
Joint Service Provider (JSP)
Communications