Turns2Ashes said:
He's talking about when you live on campus. You pay to live there, you pay for Internet access, and then they block your ports and limit what you can do. That's stupid.
This is from the University i work at's Acceptable Usage Policy:
"By law, the University can only provide computer services for its own work, not for private use. In this respect the University's computers are different from those owned by private colleges or corporations.
The University grants the use of its facilities to numerous organizations whose activities contribute to its mission, such as student organizations, professional societies, and the Campaign for Charities. But it is improper to use the University's computers for political campaigns, fund-raising, commercial enterprises, mass mailings, or other outside activities that have not been granted the use of the University's facilities.
All computer users should be aware that network capacity is finite and network usage costs money. "
Besides the fact that it is against the law for most state-funded Universities, who would you rather give the finite resources to: all of the researchers in a research institution who each bring in multi-million dollar grants each year, or students who pay ~$6000 a year? The bandwidth is allocated to the units that pay for it.
