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Fiber To The Dorm Room

Posted by timothy on from the at-that-price-they-better dept.

alertpopes writes "Looking for a great education AND a dedicated personal fiber internet connection in your dorm room? Students enrolling at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH get both! Just don't bring any 10/100 equiptment - it's gigabit only around here. All students have access to over 16,000 fiber ports throughout the university plus 802.11g campus-wide! Registered students must buy a Netgear GC102 Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter through the University eStore for a mere $216.50 to connect to the service, but isn't it worth it? CWRU recommends the purchase of either a Dell or Apple for incoming students to meet networking requirements. The University was voted the 'Most wired Campus' by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine in 1999."

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  1. that's great but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    will it run on linux?

  2. Re:Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Heh. No, Case Western is not a big warez site, but it's a *HUGE* center for IRC on the #bondage channel and the alt.*.bondage newsgroups. Also, the sure way to get an unauthorized account is to sleep with the sysadmins without telling your husband.

    No, I'm not kidding. Ask specifically for "Czarina Rita" and her hot punctured naughty bits.

  3. Money, hos, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thats how all my niggaz roll

  4. Re:*cough*kickback*cough* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks. keep up the nice work.

    On another note, I'm wondering why the ad part isn't redacted by Slashdot.

  5. All this fiber ... by auburnate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this may be bandwidth overkill, but at least they are REGULAR. (cue drums to indicate a real bad joke has been made)

  6. Re:*cough*kickback*cough* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Errr. i don't like apple much either. they got a stick up thier ass when it comes to sharing.

  7. Re:obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I always wash my hands after warts...I'd hate to spread them to poor unsuspecting people.

  8. Huh? by El_Ge_Ex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The University was voted the 'Most wired Campus' by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine in 1999.

    WOW! Only five years ago!

    because we all know how short a period of time that is on the Internet...

    -B

  9. What the hell is Yahoo Internet Life Magazine? by op00to · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And who the hell cares what they say about "most wired" campuses?

  10. Re:Not a good education by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Mod parent up!

    I can vouch for everything he said - the school is awful.

    DO NOT GO THERE