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[Current CMU Students] Internet connection?

I'm curious about the internet connection at Cornell. Wires/wireless? And how fast download/upload?

Thanks in advance :P

trasi86

The connection is fast and reliable, but unfortuately wireless access is limited. It is not available throughout the entire campus, meaning you can't just walk outside with your laptop, sit out on the quad, and check your email. It's not even available in some dorms (although I hear they are working to change that). Wireless is available in all libraries, student centers, and many academic buildings.

North Dakota

Yeah, wireless internet here is currently a problem. It should be fixed soon though.

arjuninthehouse

In Your Room - ResNet

ResNet ("The Residential Hall Network Service") provides one ethernet connection per student in his or her room. Your computer should already have an ethernet port in it if it was purchased within the last four or five years. If you're not sure, look for a port that looks like a phone jack but is a little bit wider.

Your ResNet connection is rolled into your housing cost and includes unlimited download and upload to on-campus locations and 5 gigabytes of traffic per month to and from off-campus locations. Currently, CIT charges $0.0015 per extra megabyte (~$1.50 per extra gigabyte) of off-campus traffic beyond your 5 gigabyte limit. The vast majority (about 85%) of ResNet users never exceed the 5 gigabyte limit.

The Student Assembly has provided music downloads for free through Napster for the past two years, and since much of that music is stored on on-campus servers, it doesn't count against your 5 gigabyte limit.

On the go - Red Rover Wireless Service

Red Rover is what Cornell calls its wireless internet service. If your laptop has a WiFi (802.11b or 802.11g) card built in, you won't need to plug in to get online while you move about the campus. Most buildings on central campus, most residence halls on North Campus, and almost all libraries have Red Rover available already. CIT is constantly expanding the Red Rover network. A full description of Red Rover locations is available here. As a side note, Red Rover does not count against your 5 gigabyte monthly limit, and there is no additional charge to use the service.

Public Ports

Some libraries and buildings provide ethernet ports for students to plug in to for no additional cost. Duffield Hall in the engineering quad is one such building that provides public ports in its numerous study nooks.

Off Campus

As a first year student, it's likely that you will be living on campus, but many students choose to live off campus during their careers at Cornell. Time Warner Cable provides cable internet access at normal market prices to many students living around campus.

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So we're limited to 5gb for both uploading and downloading? Or are they separate?

raghavp

From Arjun's description, it seems that its 5Gb bandwidth total.

Two questions Arjun:

1) Is this 5 gigabyte or gigabits?
2) Can you use "Red Rover" inside dorms instead of ethernet? And if so, it won't count against the 5gb limit, correct?

SchoolDuh0610

In college life, Towerpumpkin posted:
"4855 kbps down, 8348 kbps up at Cornell. My dorm has one of the slower Internet connections, too."

(It was measured from http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/ )

That sure beats my internet connection. lol

Your turn =P

arjuninthehouse

raghavvp,
1) It is 5 gigabyte
2) Ive not yet visited Cornell and am yet to find out...hopefully i'll get back to u with info on the same after August

jrcho88

WOO HOO 600th post!

Hi SchoolDuh06010!

raghavp

Thanks Arjun.
About (2), I was just wondering because I sort of am a heavy internet user (at least 50GB/month) and if I have to spend additional money to get that much bandwidth, it might be a deterrent against choosing Cornell over Penn or Northwestern.

meestasi

As long as you stay om-campus then you won't be charged anything, just don't go off-campus

raghavp

Meestasi: your post is unclear to me. On-campus wise, if I were to use RedRover, I won't be charged anything for "heavy" use? And shouldn't the Cornell network not be available off-campus anyway?

Heavy for this post means >5GB

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Wait, so from what I gather from meestasi, as long as you're on campus you won't be charged for your internet connection (download as much as you want), and if you're off campus you have a limit of 5gb/month?

gah I'm a bit confused.

meestasi

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. You have unlimited bandwidth if you're on-campus while using resnet. And if you're off campus, they have a 5 gb limit on uploading and downloading.

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I see. Thanks for clearing that up