Not all devices are receiving data at the same instant of time. A wireless should handle 5 units with no problem.
However, with other computers working in other places, and all are using the one service, the effective bandwidth will be the Comcast bandwidth dived by the number of units actually doing separate steams.
That could be rather meager.Or put another way, not fast enough for video feeds to each student.
IMO, just adding more bandwidth is the the optimum solution. A Telecommunication expert needs to analyze what your real needs are.
Somebody needs to explain to the administrators what video streaming is and is not. Streaming video to 30 discrete users is not the same as broadcasting to a wide audience.
The schools needs can be better served by a mix of broadcasting and discrete internet searching and smearing I believe this document will clarify some things.
http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/education/ciscovideowp.pdf.
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In concert with global macro-economic changes and the growth of social interconnectedness worldwide, education is undergoing a major shift, as brick-and-mortar classrooms are opening up to rich media content, subject matter
experts, and to one another. This shift has been influenced largely by technological and pedagogical trends, greater worldwide access to the Internet, an explosion of mobile phone users, and the appreciation for these technologies by
young people, as well as by teachers. Video appears poised to be a major contributor to the shift in the educational ....
Some of the applications of broadcast and streaming video discussed in the white paper ...
Please look at the full text. The introduction does not clearly show the problem.
