December 7, 2001
In a Reversal, Penn Limits Some Student Use of Network
The University of Pennsylvania announced that it would cap some bandwidth for students in dormitories because of a sudden and unexplained surge in network use.
Resident students' computers now are limited to a bandwidth of 160 megabits per second for outbound Internet traffic, compared with the 265 megabits per second that had previously been available to everyone on the campus. Faculty terminals, research labs, and all incoming Internet traffic still operate at the full 265 megabits
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