<p>I was thinking about the 5 gb per month internet cap and I do not know why Cornell does not change its policy. Have students tried to form a group and petition? I do not think this would be very difficult because I doubt any student likes to have internet caps at his or her institution while other colleges across the nation are enjoying uncaped bandwidth. It just seems ridiculous and extremely unnecessary considering how much money it costs to attend Cornell. I mean, why doesn't Cornell just charge a little extra into the room and board so we will not have to worry about crossing the limit? Furthermore, this is not good for Cornell's reputation because some people might decide uncaped internet is important in their college selection criteria and decide not to apply to Cornell. So basically, I'm venting my frustration and want to know why students don't do something about it?</p>
<p>they just did... it moves from 2 up to 5 over this summer</p>
<p>I used at least 5 gigs every WEEK back in high school (a boarding school). Obviously Cornell must have the resources to do it (well if a high school can I don't see why a university can't), but probably it isn't very high priority on their list.</p>
<p>Yes...it does seem rediculous cuz Cornell has the capacity to give us un-capped service.</p>
<p>On-campus traffic (that includes everything you will download: movies, music, games, etc) does NOT count toward that limit. Install DC++ as soon as you get on campus. Even the heaviest internet users barely exceeded 2gb, and now you have 5gb.</p>
<p>There isn't a cap. You can go over the 5gb, you just have to pay for it. Besides, why should Cornell have to pay for you downloading media illegally (that's usually the only reason you'd go over that limit....I know there are other reasons but thats only for a very small minority).</p>
<p>towerpumpkin has a point there</p>
<p>what would you do that would require more than 5gb of internet? That's a lot of porn.</p>
<p>Well... if that is true that many people will not go over the 5GB "critical point" then why not abolish this "critical point." I don't really care what you call it but what I meant was that this limitation to 5GB of free usage is ridiculous. And by petition I meant petition for unlimited internet usage without having the students pay after a certain amount of usage. Now that we have established this concept of 5GB "critical point" and my desire to abolish it, I still think that it is ridiculous. No matter how much you try to justify Cornell's decision it still makes no sense why they can not use all of that tuition money or 5 billion of endowment they have sitting in savings. Furthermore, why do people support Cornell on this decision? Cornell is the only college I've heard of that forces students to pay after a certain usage of bandwidth.</p>
<p>I think MIT has a similar policy.</p>
<p>I support the petition idea. 5 gb is not just porn. download one dvd image, and there goes 4.7 gb for just one movie. it's not like i watch movies so often, but i certainly exceed 1 per month. Internet should be uncapped. Moreover, the wireless might be controlled soon (like they said in Q&A), so we won't be able to use that for an escape.</p>
<p>Almost every school I've heard of has some type of limitation, whether it be shutting off internet after too much p2p usage or putting an absolute cap on bandwidth or allotting a smaller percentage of overall bandwidth for students to use. At least Cornell gives you the option to use a super fast connection however much you want as long as you're willing to pay for it.</p>
<p>The purpose of putting restrictions is to allow the network to run smoothly. If even a small percentage of students were using bittorrent or some other p2p program continuously, the network would get too bogged down for any real work to get done. Having this "cap" prevents too much of this from happening, especially during peak usage hours.</p>
<p>All that money that Cornell has is being spent for various projects and whatnot; you can't just claim that it's not being put to good use when you don't even know what Cornell uses it for. Remember that that 3+ billion of endowment is reserved for the ENTIRE school, and that tuition money isn't just for providing student services.</p>
<p>Besides, Cornell is a private university. It can do whatever it wants with its own infrastructure. If you don't like it, don't go there.</p>
<p>why would you download a DVD image from the internet at cornell?</p>
<p>sparticus8000
to see a movie
they got tv's somewhere, don't they? like in halls or whatever</p>
<p>but why bother downloading it from the internet when you can use the intranet (i.e. DC++) and not be assessed a bandwidth charge. Granted, most of the movies on DC++ are avi rips rather than DVD images, but 1. if quality is that big of a deal to someone, he should probably buy the DVD instead of complaining about the bandwidth charges, and 2. it would be closer to 9 gigs than 4, because hollywood burns dual layer discs. and the DVD disc would cost more than the bandwidth one would save by using DC++ too...and if one was just going to watch it on his computer, with a virtual drive, why bother with a DVD image when avi is so much smaller and you're watching on a 15" screen...</p>
<p>Sparty: Your mother is a wh0re. Your father is a wh0re. All in all, I'm just drunk and foolin 'round. It's been a while I've posted on here and for good reason! Cornell hates you and wants to take as much money of yours at it can (this has been an automated Collegeconfidential QA response)</p>
<p>i didn't know CC automatically called me sparty...</p>
<p>The point was to watch a DVD image on a tv screen. The images available online are 4.7 Gb, NOT 9 Gb because they cut the crap out so that you can fit it on a regular DVD-R. Avi rips are not quite as good, and can't be seen on a TV</p>
<p>avi rips look decent enough on the 50 inch big screen in my dorm. If you're going to complain about quality on that level, you probably shouldn't complain about cornell sponsoring your illegal downloading, and just go rent or buy the movie.</p>