I envision a bunch of little yellow stickers stuck to people's
monitors with a sad computer face saying "Why waste?" Similar to the
ones seen on the light switches around campus.
--Ray
On Jan 17, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Brian Hoort wrote:
> NAGgers:
>
> We have several users who listen to Internet radio on their campus
> workstations. Often, they’ll let it play all day, even if they are
> not at their desks. This has bothered me because I am under the
> impression that MSU pays for our bandwidth per bit used and not
> with an all-you-can-eat subscription basis, like we do at home
> (DSL, cable). If so, leaving the radio on when not listening would
> be akin to leaving the refrigerator door open while you’re at work—
> just watch that meter go!. How does MSU pay for bandwidth, and is
> there a policy or recommendation against “leaving the refrigerator
> door open”? I realize this brings up a whole can of worms, like
> our computers being used as Skype master nodes, peer-to-peer file
> sharing, academic freedom, etc., and it is not my intention to
> rouse a discussion on this quagmire, I’m just hoping to learn how
> we are charged for bandwidth so that we can police ourselves better.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian Hoort
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