iTunesU and network bandwidth

[Andrew Daviel <advax () TRIUMF CA>]

We (TRIUMF) have a big pipe to the research networks 
(Canarie/Janet/Internet2) and a small one to the commercial internet.

I was recently looking at "bandwidth hogs" on our commercial connection 
and found someone downloading physics lectures from Imperial College 
London. Work-related, sure, and Imperial College is on Janet as is their 
in-house media at stream.ic.ac.uk. But this lecture was on iTunes, pushed 
out to Akamai, and so on our bandwidth-capped and relatively expensive 
commercial connection.

I was curious if anyone else had this problem, seeing as Apple has (I 
believe) been pushing iTunesU for student lectures etc.
I mean, does iTunes have any edge platforms on the research networks, and 
if so is there any way one can use them preferentially ?

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Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376  (Pacific Time)
Network Security Manager