The system is also used to track usage by University departments. I assume there is some chargeback system in place there too.
Bruce Osborne Wireless Engineer IT Infrastructure & Media Solutions (434) 592-4229 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey D. Sessler [mailto:j...@scrippscollege.edu] Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Supporting "those other Wi-Fi devices" in the dorms- quick Survey I’d curious as to what the break-even is here? The college invests money to build and maintain an infrastructure to track users and manage bandwidth, charge-back fees, staff time to manage, etc. If instead, those funds were invested in just increasing Internet bandwidth, do you come out ahead? What if you invest those funds in Internet bandwidth and charge a small technology fee to all students? Jeff On 9/14/15, 4:18 AM, "The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Osborne, Bruce W (Network Services)" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU on behalf of bosbo...@liberty.edu> wrote: >We map username to password and use bandwidth management to limit the amount >used per month. Users have the option of purchasing additional bandwidth. This >money helps subsidize our Internet connections. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
