[395] in Resnet-Forum
CATV service in Dorms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John R. Donahue)
Fri Oct 21 11:46:04 1994
From: jrdonahu@COLBY.EDU (John R. Donahue)
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 11:29:45 -0400
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
On Thu, 20 Oct 1994, ELLIOT C. JOLESCH (216) 775-6930 wrote:
> 1.) Are you now providing Cable-TV Service to individual rooms in your
> residence halls? NO
Colby has provided free (to the students anyway) CATV to lounges in residence
halls for 2 years. As buildings are wired for data - coax to individual rooms
is installed but not livened - yet. Our contract with the local cable operator
calls for the first drop in a building to pay full price and each additional
drop is $3.50
> If so:
>
> A.) How much of the cost of installing conduit and wiring did the
> Cable TV Company pay for?
Colby pays all costs for communications infrastructure.
> B.) Do students pay standard subscription rates, or did your college/
> university make special arrangements for rates? Please explain.
Long term plan is to provide basic cable to each residence for free and then
allow studnets to contract for expanded services on an individual basis.
> C.) Did the Cable TV company contribute to the cost of data networking
> in any way? Please explain.
NO.
John R. Donahue
Systems/Programer Analyst
Computer Services
Colby College
Waterville, Maine
(207) 872-3585
