On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 04:04:28PM +1200, Don Gould - BVC wrote:
> > > Why is the uni paying for volume anyway? The size of the place they
> > > should be on a fix pipe.
> > With fixed volume you get people (not looking at COSC or ENG
> > postgrads in particular) downloading stupidly large files
> > (Fellowship_of_the_Rim.avi @ 732MB, The_Two_Titties.avi @ 750MB,
> > Return_of_the_Kink.avi @ 726MB) and taking up most of the pipe.
>
> Do you not run traffic control? (http://lartc.org/)
>
> ... or proxy servers?
It strikes me as interesting that you seem to imply that University IT
departmental staff are morons...
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:54:02 +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote
>Volume
> charging allows the University to fairly spread the cost over all the
> users. (I am the student rep on the University IT Committee, and I
> am willing to go hand-to-hand to defend volume charging.)
I'd be inclined to agree with you there Michael.
> The University has *never* run an open network. It is not an ISP and
> has *no* intention of becoming an ISP. The wireless network is being
> investigated to give students access to course material, not access
> to the Internet.
Indeed. It's now more about Universities trying to cover their asses, and to
avoid leaving gaping security holes in their infrastucture.. If not, the
cleanup bill becomes very large.
Mike.
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