--- Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:03:45 -0500 From: jcarrach <jcarrachat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: University bandwidth limiting - thought you may be interested Message-ID: <3E5D1E49at_private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Declan, I'm the university operations reporter for my college paper at Kent State. I cover most of the tech issues here. This is a story I reported today: http://stater.kent.edu "In attempt to the curb Internet slowdowns and network instability that have plagued the campus network in the past, Network Services and Residence Services have added equipment, boosted bandwidth and re-organized the campus network during the past few weeks. University officials say much of the problems in residence halls have originated from students who use more than their fair share of bandwidth, the amount of data that can be sent at one time. Now, the university is working to limit the amount of bandwidth a student can use. [...] University officials want to stem bandwidth-sucking programs like Morpheus by implementing packeteers, a combination of hardware and software that prioritizes Web activity. Network Services Manager Bob Hart said two packeteers are currently placed between the university network and the Internet. These devices are set up to give priority to certain Internet activity, such as Web page browsing, but not file sharing." Jamie Carracher University Operations Reporter Daily Kent Stater ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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