You can see the effect of the connect time limits in Figure 2 below. During the past year, we have not been able to increase the number of available modem lines for students. The effect of this can be seen when one compares Figures 2 and 3. Current plans are to attempt to create an option fee students who wish more online time may pay. The campus desktops and labs are supported by a series of Unix and WindowsNT servers.
Unplanned outages are extremely rare.
The email system, however, sufferred performance problems in Dec 1997 and was subsequently upgraded in March, 1998. Messaging That the number of email messages we send and receive is growing comes as a suprise to no one. One interesting statistic is that not only the number of messages has been growing, but the size of messages is also growing. This is probably a reflection of the fact that both more of the campus population uses email and that they use email more. Over the past several years this campus has increased the use of electronic document delivery in an informal transition towards paperless operations.