[Year 12 SofDev] Open slather internet

[Mark Kelly]

We make 'em pay per megabyte.  That calms down their downloading  :-)

Russell Curr wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> We give students 25 meg per week, managed automatically via Papercut running on Suse 10 on the gateway.  It works very well.
> 
> cheers
> Russell
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Russell Curr
> Network Manager
> Avila College
> Ph: 9831-9645
> Fax: 03-9888-1202
> email: russell at avila.vic.edu.au
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> 
>>>> jgy at sthelena.vic.edu.au 05/09/07 9:03 am >>>
> 
>  
> Hi all,
>  
> sorry if you get this a couple of times.
>  
> At the moment we have an open slather internet policy and some kids are downloading excessive amounts. We are currently considering limiting monthly downloads to 40 MB. Is this too much? What are the limits at your school? Do you charge students who exceed their limits?
>  
> Thanks again for help
>  
> Regards
>  
> Jim
> 
> 
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