sms_grunt
join:2006-04-26
Pasadena, TX
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Re: Can i get in trouble from the school
The main reason it was blocked is most likely the obvious one.
Think about how many students you have? How many machines? How many profiles on myspace stream audio and video? Now think about the Universities connection... an OC-3 maybe? Of course the school is going to block it when the site starts useing a large portion of the schools available bandwidth. I certainly would. Yall argue that you pay for access... but what you pay doesnt even cover the cost of the connection much less the cost of equipment, maintance, the administrator's salaries, etc..
you dont like it? too bad. get wifi and pay for that if you want to go to myspace but quit whineing about "oh i cant visit myspace". You are at school... access is provided for you to learn not for you to simply have fun. It IS their network and they can do as they please. |
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beamme
join:2000-12-31
Boston, MA
| said by sms_grunt  :The main reason it was blocked is most likely the obvious one. Think about how many students you have? How many machines? How many profiles on myspace stream audio and video? Now think about the Universities connection... an OC-3 maybe? Of course the school is going to block it when the site starts useing a large portion of the schools available bandwidth. I certainly would. Yall argue that you pay for access... but what you pay doesnt even cover the cost of the connection much less the cost of equipment, maintance, the administrator's salaries, etc.. you dont like it? too bad. get wifi and pay for that if you want to go to myspace but quit whineing about "oh i cant visit myspace". You are at school... access is provided for you to learn not for you to simply have fun. It IS their network and they can do as they please. This is not high school anymore. YOU pay for the internet connection. There's no reason for them to block myspace unless it is a security issue, which i don't think is the case.
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aviper9
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join:2003-05-20
Salisbury, MD
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2 edits | reply to sms_grunt
said by sms_grunt :The main reason it was blocked is most likely the obvious one. Think about how many students you have? How many machines? How many profiles on myspace stream audio and video? Now think about the Universities connection... an OC-3 maybe? Of course the school is going to block it when the site starts useing a large portion of the schools available bandwidth. I certainly would. Yall argue that you pay for access... but what you pay doesnt even cover the cost of the connection much less the cost of equipment, maintance, the administrator's salaries, etc.. you dont like it? too bad. get wifi and pay for that if you want to go to myspace but quit whineing about "oh i cant visit myspace". You are at school... access is provided for you to learn not for you to simply have fun. It IS their network and they can do as they please. IMO this is not how most Universities are setup; Many universities will act like an ISP to their resnet students. At Salisbury University, we treat our resnet customers like an ISP would...the only thing we block would be p2p because the RIAA has sued and won against a student on our campus, so we dont want anyone else getting harassed by them.
There is a "technology" fee every student pays as well as a housing fee for on-campus students. Of course this alone does not cover the network infrastructure budget, but we also get money from the state and other sources.
I do agree with the portion "it is their network" but even then, its the customers as well. The student is living on campus, the student is paying thousands of dollars to use the facilities and services...without the students there would be no University. So there is a certain degree of freedom that should be expected and the blocking of myspace; I would consider that excessive. |
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