The reason all these schools have these connections isn't so students can do work bettter...it's because the students will come and live on campus longer. Hence the school makes more money. The suppliers are also in on it cause the students get hooked and then want high speed access outside of school when they graduate. Like most things in life, its politics and it's about money.
I am trying to decide what school to go to in september. The connection is a big deal. I'm leaning towards going to the 30,000/year school cause of the wired DSL instead of the local 10,000 school even though I can't afford it.
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The reason all these schools have these connections isn't so students can do work bettter...it's because the students will come and live on campus longer. Hence the school makes more money. The suppliers are also in on it cause the students get hooked and then want high speed access outside of school when they graduate. Like most things in life, its politics and it's about money.
I am trying to decide what school to go to in september. The connection is a big deal. I'm leaning towards going to the 30,000/year school cause of the wired DSL instead of the local 10,000 school even though I can't afford it.