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Remote Access Discovery Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alicia Allen)
Fri May 31 16:51:06 2002
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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:50:54 -0400
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From: Alicia Allen <iggy@MIT.EDU>
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Project name: Remote Access Discovery Project
Project leader: Alicia Allen
Report date: 5/31/02
Submitted by: Alicia Allen
Web URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/remote/
Accomplishments past
period:
- Formed team
- Had kick off meeting
- Set up web pages
- Finalized list of questions to pose to other schools and MIT Labs & Centers
- Posed questions to other schools, started gathering results
- Gathered list of providers to look into
- Gathered questions for providers
- Started filling in chart of information on providers
- Got data from Consumer Reports on ISPs
- Received survey results from WinXP Discovery team
- Requested survey results from IS Survey team
- Surveyed our own teams about usage
- Gathered usage statistics on Tether
- gathered usage information on the pasta prompts
- Touched base with PDA Discovery team to stay aligned
- Gathered information about Boingo (wireless internet service)
Goals for the coming
period:
- Receive data from IS Survey Team
- Get financial information on Tether
- Finish collecting data from other schools
- Finish collecting information about the providers
- Do some trials with 1-3 providers to see how smooth the processes are
- Work on the final report
- Narrow down list of providers to focus on.
Next community
milestone:
- The community will not be very aware of what we are doing until a
recommendation has been blessed.
Issues:
- Finding out what support from the various ISPs is *really* like,
wait times, etc.
- It's hard to know who will be in business in a year or two.
Key learnings:
Team dynamics:
The team works very well together. Our weekly meetings have been
running about 45 minutes and we're getting a lot done in them and
between meetings.
Additional comments:
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Alicia Allen
iggy@mit.edu
Telecommunications & Network Services, (617) 253-0191
Network Installation & Repair Team Leader page: alicia@skytel.com
MIT Network Security E19-741
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