There are other organizations which provide computing services, but in general they provide them to only a portion of the University, for example to administrators but not students, or only to students in a specific school or department. AcIS also manages an array of computer labs, terminal clusters, ColumbiaNet stations, multimedia classrooms, and a variety of support services. AcIS also maintains a large section about computing. ColumbiaNet is also your gateway to the rest of the Internet. All Columbia students, staff and faculty are eligible for AcIS computer accounts which provide e-mail and access to the Internet.
Basic accounts are free.
Undergraduate students in CC, SEAS, and GS, as well as all faculty , automatically get accounts with extended privileges, including access to the AcIS computer labs and a generous printing quota, as part of their fees. They do not have access to AcIS computer labs. All accounts include access to central UNIX computers, which includes access to programming languages, statistical software, etc. People may also create their own World Wide Web home pages. You can create your AcIS computer account online from any public ColumbiaNet terminal, or from your home computer with an Internet connection.