Should streaming services like Netflix be allowed on college campuses?

[CmdrShepN7Cmdr]

What do you think? Some colleges have banned them. On the other hand it seems like many college students are really into these reality shows on basic cable and the streaming services have come out with excellent documentaries on the history of spaceflight. A few months ago Netflix came out with an excellent documentary on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and in a few days a documentary on the Mercury Seven.

Or would movies like “First Man” and “The Martian” be better at getting college students interested in space?

[RichInPitt]

The only reason I’m aware of that a college has banned streaming services - my daughter’s Purdue, in some areas - was that it was negatively impacting bandwidth/availability and they wanted to ensure that students were able to access needed resources in lecture halls, labs, etc.

Purdue introduced the ban to free up bandwidth for academic purposes, says Mark Sonstein, the Executive Director of Information Technology Infrastructure. According to a 2016 analysis by the university’s IT department, just 4% of internet traffic over the WiFi network in the life sciences building came from academic sites. And some professors have reported not being able to lead online class activities in the lecture hall because students were streaming music or videos.

Have they been banned in places due to content? That would seem very odd, as college students are adults.

Fwiw, a Google search finds me no other stories on the topic.

[CmdrShepN7Cmdr]

@RichInPitt

The only reason I’m aware of that a college has banned streaming services - my daughter’s Purdue, in some areas - was that it was negatively impacting bandwidth/availability and they wanted to ensure that students were able to access needed resources in lecture halls, labs, etc.

Purdue introduced the ban to free up bandwidth for academic purposes, says Mark Sonstein, the Executive Director of Information Technology Infrastructure. According to a 2016 analysis by the university’s IT department, just 4% of internet traffic over the WiFi network in the life sciences building came from academic sites. And some professors have reported not being able to lead online class activities in the lecture hall because students were streaming music or videos.

Have they been banned in places due to content? That would seem very odd, as college students are adults.

Fwiw, a Google search finds me no other stories on the topic.

I heard about Purdue banning them. Perhaps I got it wrong and they only banned it in classrooms and not dorms.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/03/15/purdue-university-bans-netflix-other-streaming-services-students-academic-buildings/

Didn’t you know that is the college Neil Armstrong went to? The land of Egelloc.

https://www.jconline.com/story/opinion/columnists/dave-bangert/2018/10/15/first-man-reference-how-neil-armstrong-sang-egelloc-purdue/1647214002/