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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Melissa J. Mills)
Tue Nov 30 09:59:53 1993

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 09:32:51 -0500
From: "Melissa J. Mills" <MELISSA@PlanOfc.Duke.Edu>
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU

Hi Jim,

    Thanks for your list of reasons for wiring residential dorms.  
It's thoughtful, and articulates a lot of the pros that we can 
leverage in our planning.  

    One additional reason for residential wiring is competition with 
the local housing market.  In terms of the relative weight of 
arguments, it's obviously imporant to consider the concerns of the 
audience.  At Duke, financial arguments carry a lot of weight.

    In Durham, off-campus housing is cheap and readily available.  
Cable T.V. is also available.  By wiring for data and cable at the 
same time, and then providing the cable service through an in-house 
operation, we have been able to piggy-back the cost of wiring 
together with the capital cost of getting the cable service up 
and going.

    Thanks for your list.
    
        melissa


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