Dial-in Modem Internet Service at OSU Comparable Institutions

Office of the Chief Information Officer

The Ohio State University

October 28, 2002

 

 

 

Institution

 

Campus

Community

 

Dial-in Lines

 

Access Charge

 

Service Notes

 

University of Arizona

 

60,000

 

N/A

 

$11.95 for 100 hr/month; ranges from $8.95 to $14.50 per month depending on service level

 

 

56 Kb service; provided through a preferred off-campus commercial ISP; VT100 terminal emulation text-only dial-up access provided at no charge

 

 

University of Texas, Austin

 

60,000

 

2,900

 

$10.00/month or $110/year

 

56 kb service

 

UCLA

 

Standard

 

 

Bruin Gold

 

52,000

 

 

 

576

 

 

N/A

 

 

 

None

 

 

$19.95/mo (unlimited)

 

 

 

4 hr Connection limit; upgrading from 33.6 kb service; difficult to get through at peak times

 

Service outsourced to Earthlink

 

 

University of Illinois  Champaign/Urbana

 

Standard

 

 

Premiere

 

 

48,000

 

 

 

 

700

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

20 hr/wk at no charge, $1 per hour over

 

$5.00

 

 

 

 

38.4 kb service, difficult to get through at peak times

 

 

56 kb service; subscriber to line ratio 5:1 or better

 

Ohio State University, Current Services

 

HomeNet

 

 

OSUWeb.net

 

70,000

 

 

 

 

672

 

 

336

 

 

 

 

No charge

 

 

$6.95 for 100 hr/mo; ranges from $1.95 to $12.95/mo depending on service level

 

 

 

 

 

33.6 kb service; Most lines limited to 30 minute connection; difficult to get through at peak times

 

 

56 kb service

 

 

University of Minnesota

 

50,000

 

1,500

 

No charge for 50 hr/mo; $4.00/50 hr  over

 

56 kb service, supported by campus-wide student technology fee

 

Penn State University

 

52,000

 

2,500+

 

No charge

 

56 kb service on 2272 lines at University Park campus; other campuses total an additionaql 1200+ modem lines; supported by university-wide student technology fee

 

 

University of Washington, Seattle

 

70,000

 

2,400

 

No charge

 

56 Kb service; 1600 lines supported by campus-wide student technology fee and limited to student use

 

University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

60,000

 

1,152

 

No charge

 

56 kb service 4 hour connection limit; supported by campus-wide technology fee (Called Student Information Technology Tuition)

 

University of Michigan

 

59,000

 

1,800

 

No charge for non-peak; $.48/hr over 100 hr peak

 

56 kb; service provided by MERIT, a state non-profit corporation governed by publicly supported universities; modem pool is general MERIT pool for area

 


Summary

 

Of the group of ten comparable institutions (including OSU):