gatorkram
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join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
clubs: | What is the difference....
Why should school networks be held to a higher standard than any other network provider?
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Kital
join:2002-01-04
Park Hills, MO | I wonder if this will push universities to just close the school network to the dorms. Let them get dsl/cable and do what they wish. I'm not sure what sure how thats different though. |
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Nightshade
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join:2002-05-26
Salem, OR
4 edits | There is no difference and here's why.
The problem is even if they close the school network to the dorms and they have to get cable/DSL on their own the public colleges and universities still have to bear the costs of Napster subscriptions. The reason is that the bill does not distinguish between on and off campus students. This to me is where the real scam comes in play.
I am a student that goes to a public college. But I am an off campus student, like all other students that go to my college (my college does not have dorm facilities for students). I have a private cable connection and pay for it. I rarely use the college's network on site, mostly because I don't own a laptop. All my work and assignments I get and send to my instructors off site.
But from what I read about this bill, that is irrelevant because there is no distinction between off and on campus students. This will apply to ALL students when the public college and universities are forced to provide so called alternatives to us students. It's either that or I lose my financial aid. Oh did I forget to mention that this bill also applies to students who don't even have a personal computer of any kind what so ever? What about those exemptions?
I find this appalling and this is where the scam really comes in full circle. There should be exemptions to off campus students in the bill, and yet there are none. |
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Cowboy86
join:2004-02-06
Franklinville, NJ
clubs: | reply to gatorkram
You know, I read a lot of your comments and rarely agree with them. But this time you are dead on. What's next after colleges and universities? Our homes? Why not make the provider to the college responsible for this? |
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