>The fact that BYU owns the residential housing units notwithstanding, I >think that on- campus residents would have some legal clout to tell OIT >either stop blocking ports (peer-to-peer, games, etc) or grant access to >residential units to competition from iProvo, Comcast, or whatever. In >fact I'm surprised a challenge hasn't yet happened.
You bring up an interesting point Michael. So if I were to own a complex of apartments down by UVSC. Let's say I didn't offer any of my own computer networking services, but had a policy that no "modifications" could be made to the apartments and explicitly stated that I would not allow tenants to have ISP's bring connections in, is there precedent that says I am doing something illegal? I understand internet is becoming more and more a "utility", but I wasn't aware that it had earned that status yet. Granted, if I were to do this, no one would move in because the internet is vital to a college student. I was just wondering about the legal challenges possible to a resnet user. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
