Many Universities Spending $100K/Year Enforcing P2P Rules

Scott Jaschik writes "A new study documents just how much money colleges are spending on enforcing P2P rules through software license fees, hardware, and other costs. Many private universities are spending more than $100,000 a year — a major allocation of funds. An article in Inside Higher Ed explains the study and its findings."

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[theaveng]

>>>when your OS provider decides to push a 300 Megabyte upgrade at you, what do you do?

I've downloaded Windows updates over 50 kbit/s phoneline. It takes a few hours, but it's still possible to do it. At 128k your very unrealistic example takes only five hours. Do it overnight while you're sleeping, or out partying. I don't really see your example as a problem. I don't see a 128k "speed limit" as being onerous or unworkable, especially since the college is providing it for free.