Modem access will remain free until that date. Modem subscription charges are not refundable. To meet the increasing demand, the modem pool should have been doubled in the fall of 1997. It has become increasingly congested since. Today, more than 9,700 people compete for 192 standard dialup lines.
Students are the heaviest users of the modem pool.
For the time being, modems are the only viable alternative for people living off-campus to access the campus network and the Internet. Another issue currently being explored is whether recent retirees will be allowed to subscribe. Every effort is being made to ensure that the new equipment integrates seamlessly with existing scripts for PPP access, so that all that users will have to change is the dialed number, and not the dial-in script. The system also will continue to allow the University to track and manage modem usage. US West infrastructure contributes to modem pool congestion Fort Collins' inadequate telecommunications infrastructure contributes to the congestion of the modem pool.