Re: ISP for Residence Halls

["Moore, Frank" <moorefx () LONGWOOD EDU>]

Anna,

I am at a public university in VA (4500 total enrollment with about 3,000 in campus managed housing). We have 3 
"villages" off campus. Two are former apartment complexes that went into bankruptcy and were bought by our real estate 
foundation. The third is new development with 3 floors of apartments and the first floor being retail. These three 
complexes were out sourced to an ISP in the area. There is the equivalent of T-1 service per every 100 students. The 
start up three years ago had some bumps but the service has since been great and the students love it. I do too because 
we get no "abuse () longwood edu" notices from the RIAA. It went so well that we issued an RFP last year to outsource 
the on campus residence halls (there are 9) and the price was so good that the students have migrated from our DS-3 to 
an OC-3 of their own. It has been a win-win for all. The only services that we ever offered students were all web-based 
(Live@edu mail and hosted web services) so there have been no ramifications.

I hope this helps!

Thanks ,

Frank

F. X. Moore III, Ph.D.
Vice President and CIO
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909

[voice] 434.395.2034
[fax]   434.395.2035

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On 3/16/09 4:37 PM, "Biggers, Anna L." <abiggers () OU EDU> wrote:

I am interested in the possibility of contracting with an external service provider for network in the residence halls. 
 As the number of copyright violations grows, ISPs will probably be held accountable to a greater degree in the future. 
 I wonder if it is feasible to move that burden off campus.  Or perhaps you have done this for other reasons. Does 
anyone have experiences to share?

What was your situation?
What was your process?
Was there push-back from any areas?
Does it have ramifications to other services by not having them "on-campus"?


Thank you,
Anna Biggers
Director of Business Strategy
University of Oklahoma
abiggers () ou edu
405-325-8586


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