Comments on: 2GB Bandwidth Limit at Penn State University

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:05:07 +0000

Na no wifi in the dorms, the layout at PSU Berks makes it hard for any wifi to reach anywhere if you live in the woods (all brick) but in the woods (even further away from the pennstate wifi spots) the only wifi that shows up is peoples personal access points (most using wep >:) ) But like i said before, next door generously lets me run a cable from their switch to mine from next door and ride on their crumcast connection

By: Dan Flynn

Dan Flynn — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:30:11 +0000

Most definitely a down side of living in the dorms! Does your building have wifi that reaches the room? I know that some dorms have wifi signals in the lobby and you can reach them for the first few floors, that may be an option. You could always make a wifi antennae from a pringles can, lol

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:17:17 +0000

As a fellow Penn State-er i feel your pain, but your probably cheery about the 4GB limits now. What I do to get around the net when i know i will consume too much bandwidht is just borrow from next doors comcast connection. It still really sucks being constricted by weekly bandwidth limits (friend at Purdue gets 5GB per day and friend at Pitt gets unlimited but slow). I got something like 5 violations last semester but got enough lifted to be back within 2 limits to still have the non constricted 56k (actual 13.2kbps UGH!!). It really stinks.

By: bbb

bbb — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:01:13 +0000

could you explain this “exploitation” of the psu.edu domain?

By: zeegs

zeegs — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:50:36 +0000

You could try signing up for DSL or Cable internet!