Free access to Uni networks? (was Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Swinburne's Wireless Network)

[Robert Graham Merkel]

On Thu, 05 Sep 2002 23:07:50 John Dalton wrote:
> 
> Given that Universities are publicly owned institutions,
> I wonder if there is a case for free and open access
> to their intranet?  That is, they forward traffic
> across campus for the general public, but don't allow
> access to the wider Internet, or their own computers.
> The university's own traffic could get priority over
> general traffic.
> 

Administering such a scheme would itself be a considerable
administrative burden.  Swinburne is not exactly rolling
in spare cash to spend on peripheral administrative tasks.


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