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To give you an idea of how much bandwidth a video can eat up, an episode of &#8220;The Simpsons&#8221; uses about 25,000 kb.\u00a0 This can cause major problems when you multiply that by several employees at one time.\u00a0 <br id=\"b48r\" \/> <br id=\"b48r0\" \/> Whether you&#8217;re concerned about productivity, bandwidth or both, your CyBlock or Cyfin application can be used to help you filter and\/or track Web access the NBC Olympics site. 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