If the off-campus students only means of having access to this information is by coming on campus or is it unreasonable to provide reasonable means for these student to have access, via the modem pool. What is driving this, is that the ITS budget is having more and more demand being placed on it. ITS feels that access is not the issue, there are alternatives to access. ITS feels that the issue is how does the University provide for this important service and who pays. At the time NDSU felt is was important to provide this service.
Today there are many ISPs in the area, so the modem pool service does have alternatives.
This does not include adding any additional lines. The handout also shows some of the other services that are needed on campus. Even with this increase, our Internet traffic is still maxed out. ITS is looking for input from the campus to help us make the decision to provide better services. Please make recommendations to ITS and CPG by May 1.