Off-Campus Access Remote access to IU's networks and information resources has for many years been dogged by inadequate modem capacity on both campuses. The modem pools were heavily over-subscribed and congested, and users were extremely frustrated by constant busy signals. This long-standing problem was effectively solved in 1999. Busy signals should now be encountered rarely and modem access is normally rapid and straightforward. In September a Fair Usage Policy was issued for UITS modem pool access.
Guidelines call for making one connection at a time and dialing in only when a connection is needed.
The Policy posits four hours as an average fair limit for cumulative daily connect time. However, basic modem access will not serve the needs of IU faculty, staff, and students much longer as their needs for broadband access from off-campus grows. Pilots in this initiative may be ready to implement by Summer 2000. The campus backbone was redesigned to accommodate moving 90 additional buildings from 10Mbps to 100Mbps connections. At IUB there are more than 28,703 unique connected hosts.