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Your Students May Be Talking About: ResNetResNet is The University of Alabama's Residential Hall Network. It gives students living in some residence halls the opportunity to connect their personal computers to the campus Ethernet network. A student participating in ResNet has a high-speed Internet connection on demand without tying up the phone line. That Internet connection can be used to access University resources, like e-mail, the libraries, and course information, as well as the other resources of the World Wide Web. As of fall 2000, the following residence halls are connected to ResNet: Blount, Burke West, Byrd, Friedman, New, Paty, Parham, Rose Towers, and Tutwiler. Wiring in Parker Adams Hall is scheduled for completion during the fall 2000 semester. By mid-September, over 1200 students had already signed up for ResNet service. For more information about ResNet, visit its Web site at ResNet.ua.edu. Students living in residence halls not connected to ResNet may obtain high-speed Internet access from Comcast@Home's cable modem service. Please visit the Comcast@Home Web site at www.comcastonline.com for more information. ResNet and cable modem service are much faster than dialup Internet access and do not tie up phone lines. Those living off-campus may be able to obtain high-speed Internet access through a Comcast@Home cable modem or through DSL service, offered by BellSouth or dbTechnology. For more information about high-speed or dialup Internet access, please see the article "Getting on the Net at Home" on page five. |
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