ResNet Quarterly is produced in response to the heightened interest surrounding issues involving ResNet management - including DMCA concerns, IT security, CALEA compliance, budgetary issues and emerging technology. This quarterly mailing is a compilation of selected recent news articles, bulletins and multimedia content from a variety of sources, designed to inform and stimulate discussion on important issues involving information technology in higher education.
Network Administrators Keep a Wary Eye on Increasing Demand for WiFi
The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 3, 2008
Students, faculty members, and others now expect to be able to connect their laptops to the Internet anywhere, to say nothing of their iPods and other devices. And they’re not just checking e-mail, either—they want to listen to music, keep up with YouTube videos, and maybe even watch television online.
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Faster Wi-Fi Predicted for Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 7, 2008
Higher education may be the number one customer for fast Wi-Fi networks in the coming decade, according to a new business analysis. Universities have great demands for bandwidth, as professors put more material on video and students expect to be able to download it easily and quickly to their laptops.
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College Resources Taxed Trying to Comply with RIAA
DSL Reports, August 31, 2008
RIAA has been successful at making sure that colleges comply with rules designed to limit illegal file-sharing on campus. However, most colleges have not been pleased to be placed in the middle and asked to play copyright cops on campus. Colleges are now saying that being forced to do so is taxing the resources of college staff.
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Comcast to implement cap on downloading
The Daily Vidette, September 9, 2008
Comcast recently announced a plan to implement a 250-gigabyte downloading cap on their Internet service. This limit on downloading and uploading information will help keep Comcast subscribers from using too much bandwidth.
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AT&T Backbone Sees 20% P2P Drop
DSL Reports, July 31, 2008
AT&T writes off that decline in P2P use as a statistical anomaly created by a heavy mix of new customers who don't use P2P. Still, it suggests that P2P isn't quite the network demon it's often painted as.
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Going Green or Hoarding Green?
Campus Technology, July 10, 2008
Organizations have the desire to reduce their impact on the environment but lack the will to pay a premium for cleaner operations, according to a cross-sector survey released recently by IT hosting solutions provider Rackspace.
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Higher Ed Least Likely Sector To Adopt Energy Management Policies
Campus Technology, August 5, 2008
Information technology leaders in colleges and universities are more concerned about environmental issues than their counterparts in every other sector--corporate, state/local, federal, and higher education.
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Tough Economy? Consumers Will Keep Broadband
DSL Reports, October 4, 2008
According to the latest data by Jupiter Research, consumers impacted by an economic downturn will trim movies and TV from their budgets long before they trim broadband.
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