Article: U. New Mexico unveils plans to expand free wireless Internet on campus

Jeremy Hunt
University Wire
04-23-2007
(Daily Lobo) (U-WIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If you want to download "Borat" and Fall Out Boy music videos on the University of New Mexico's wireless Internet network, be ready to answer to fellow students who want to check their MySpace accounts.

If someone uses the connection to download large files, it will dominate the bandwidth and prevent others from using the Internet, said Paula Loendorf, director of ITS Communication Network Services.

"It's well-suited for e-mail and Web browsing," she said. "When you get into those larger files and audio and video, it's likely to suck up the bandwidth for one user."

By the middle of 2008, ITS plans to have about ...

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