"You damn well better not make us pay more to have efficient and reliable internet access in our rooms. Most universities in this country with lesser endowments and competencies than Columbia and its employees offer free, fast and reliable wireless networks to its students, with no extra charge added to its housing.
I expect no less and am outraged at the possibility that an organization [CUIT] which fails to consistently and adequately perform its only substantial task seeks to charge more for that failure, and, at the same time, remove those methods by which that failure can be at least mitigated to some degree.
The pertinent question is not if I would pay more to live in a wireless residence hall, but rather if CUIT and Housing Services would charge less until all residential areas have effectively been equipped to meet 2009 computing standards, or at least those established in the developed world during the past decade."
09 February 2009
Columbia Considers Charging Students Extra for Wireless Internet?
The following was written in response to a recent poll given to Columbia students living in wireless equipped residence halls. The Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT) poll asked students if they would pay more to live in dorms equipped with wireless internet, and if they would mind the elimination of the supplemental Ethernet cords and wired internet service
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eh... This is a understandable question on CUIT's part.
Columbia's wireless situation is a bit different than other for schools. Most of our dorms are considerably old, with thick walls and a roundabout layout. I've heard the quote to make all Columbia dorms wireless is somewhere on the order of a few million dollars. That's a big chunk of change for CUIT, especially with inevitable funding cuts b/c of the endowment's poor performance. However, I'm not sure why they would waste the money to take out all the ethernet jacks, considering it's faster than wifi.
Take away point, it's never going to happen in our stay here.
this is the most absurd thing in the world. it is absolutely archaic that columbia does not already offer free wireless. get up to speed, and do one thing useful.
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