School chromebook bandwidth problem

Hi there - we are a small school and have recently purchased 30 chromebooks. We have a wifi network with access points in each classroom. We also have a suite of laptops that happily all connect to the internet at the same time. With the chromebooks, as soon as more than 6 or 7 are turned on, the bandwidth collapses - I have tested it using iplayer and streaming radio but it ends up saying you are not connected to the internet or not enough bandwidth. I have spoken to a few people and they commented that there are certain tweaks for classroom chromebooks - I just can't seem to find them! Any help gratefully received
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Justin SmithConnect With a Mentor WriterCommented:
Seems like Chromebooks are Bandwidth Hogs, but there is some ways around it. Starting at this site for instance can cut down on some bandwidth.

http://www.guidingtech.com/51813/optimize-internet-bandwidth-chromebook/

Most likely though it's about latency. Here is another quick Google website that should give you a lot more information and help some.

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3339263?hl=en
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Nick RhodeConnect With a Mentor IT DirectorCommented:
Google Chrome itself is and always has been a pig.  You can go into the settings and turn off any addons/mods to help reduce the latency but overall I have seen chrome drain systems of their resources
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Dave BaldwinConnect With a Mentor Fixer of ProblemsCommented:
It appears that Chromebooks do everything in the 'cloud' which means over the network and internet.  http://www.google.com/chromebook/about/
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Justin SmithConnect With a Mentor WriterCommented:
Yeah, they're probably constantly uploading and backing up everything like history, downloads, pictures, etc. There's a way to turn it off, just use offline resources like Drive, etc.
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jad2009Author Commented:
Sorry for delay in posting. Went into school and checked the wifi settings against some of these sites...it was set to 2.4Ghz - upped it to 5Ghz. Started up the chromebooks and got 9 going before the connection died - phoned the broadband provider and they confirmed that we maxed out on our 10mb connection - they confirmed that the issue is bandwidth into the school. I shall go back to the schools broadband provider and see if they can improve the connection in any way. Thanks all for your time and advice
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