Columns:: Well-connected: Internet access is now in 96 percent of UGA residence hall rooms

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Columns::October 29, 2001

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The wiring project will expand to include all Family and Graduate Housing apartments in the near future.

Well-connected
Internet access is now in 96 percent of UGA residence hall rooms

By Ben George
bgeorge@uga.edu

UGA’s on-campus residents returned this fall to find that more than 96 percent of residence hall rooms had been equipped with high-speed dedicated Internet connections. McWhorter Hall, which is the only residence hall not currently equipped with high-speed Internet access in each room, will be equipped by the end of fall semester, bringing 100 percent of student rooms on line.
“We are very pleased to offer dedicated high-speed computer connectivity for residence hall occupants,” says Jim Day, director of University Housing. “The ability of residents to access WebCT, Galileo and other learning resources from their own residence hall room is an important feature of the residential academic initiative at UGA, as demonstrated by the large number of students who are using the service.”
University Housing and Student Technology Services (STS, a division of University Computing and Networking Services, formerly known as ResTech) and the Office of Instructional Support and Development partnered in the installation of more than 2,800 cable modems in the residence halls during the 2000-2001 academic year in a project funded by campus technology fund proceeds and housing rents.
University Housing provided teams of skilled workers for the installation, and STS provided support for resolving wiring and technical issues, as well as completing an inventory and testing of all modems prior to installation. An outside contractor helped with wiring in Mary Lyndon Hall. Family and Graduate Housing apartments in Building H were also wired for Internet access this past year, bringing approximately 3,100 resident rooms and apartments on line.
After installation, University Housing and STS hosted “net-a-thons,” a direct question-and-answer session between students and STS staff in each of the newly connected residence halls. More than 600 walk-up questions were handled by STS staff, and more than 400 in-room consultations were provided. Problem solution rates exceeded 95 percent during these sessions.
In addition to wiring McWhorter Hall this academic year, the project will expand to include all Family and Graduate Housing apartments in the near future.

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