FC: Kent State student paper says school will rate-limit P2P users

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:03:45 -0500
From: jcarrach <jcarrach () kent edu>
To: declan () well com
Subject: University bandwidth limiting - thought you may be interested
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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




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