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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 > [log in to unmask] >