[549] in Resnet-Forum
Re: charge for service?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cluster Manager)
Wed Mar 8 10:33:04 1995
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 09:57:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Cluster Manager <MARBIT@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU>
To: PORR@WELLESLEY.EDU
Cc: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
X-Vms-To: IN%"PORR@WELLESLEY.EDU"
>At Wellesley, we do not charge of hooking up a student to ethernet. The
>student is responsible for the ethernet card or adapter, the transceiver or
>cables required, but there is no fee for the service and we have no plan to
>add a fee. All drops are live to each room so we do not have to account
>for the turning on and off of drops etc.
At Brandeis, we recently wired all student dorms with LocalTalk. How do
students respond to having to shell out $50 for a transceiver and cable,
and another $300 for an Ethernet card if they have an older machine? We
couldn't justify requiring that kind of spending.
-Steve.
