bob@aecom.yu.edu (Bob Lummis) (03/16/90)
Please help me prepare for a discussion with our college's Business Office about what (if anything) we should charge departments and funded research projects for various kinds of connections to our soon-to-be-installed campus network, and for use of various network-related services like mail buffering, file archiving, software servers, etc. etc. I need hard data on what other colleges are charging (or not charging) for these things. Please send me your price list and/or a formal statement of your charging practices if you have such a thing. If your policy is not to charge for any network connection or service, then the question becomes what kinds of connections and services are provided and how are they rationed or approved. Most schools charge less than network services actually cost (often much less or nothing). I would like information on how the real costs are paid for. E.g., are they included in your college's overhead on federal grants? were they reduced by major equipment grants? are they paid for by a state budget line for research facilities? etc. etc. We are a medium-sized college (not university) with a primary focus on biomedical research. About 1000 students, 2000 faculty. Our largest source of income by far is N.I.H. research grants. Prices from schools that are somewhat similar would be most relevant. P.S.: I don't need to be told why networks should be free. I've heard all the reasons and agree with some of them. I need data on what other schools are actually charging or not charging. If significant replies are received I'll summarize them in this newsgroup. -- Robert C. Lummis, Director of Scientific Computing Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. 10461 bob@aecom.yu.edu ...!uunet!aecom!bob