On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Andrew Dorsett wrote:
This is a topic I get very soap-boxish about. I have too many problems with providers who don't understand the college student market. I can think of one university who requires students to login through a web portal before giving them a routable address. This is such a waste of time for both parties. Sure it makes tracking down the abusers much easier, but is it worth the time and effort to manage? This is a very legitimate idea for public portals in common areas, but not in dorm
rooms. Andrew, Doing this is an effective way to introduce an AUP policy to the students. Something to the effect of, "By clicking here, you agree not to do X Y and Z" and other provisions that will not be read by 99.9% of the students/renters. However, by doing this, if need be at a future time, shutting off service for AUP violations is much easier. Guy