More Springfield Off-campus Modems!  Twenty-three more dialup modem lines were added on November 7, 2001.  The on-campus modem pool was reduced by 24 modems.

November 7, 2001

As of today, twenty-three more modems were added to the Springfield off-campus modem pool (417-521-1234) thus reducing the number of busy signals received by clients.  The on-campus modem pool has seen declining use primarily due to the presents of Ethernet network at all Springfield campus locations, including all of the Resident's Halls.  Therefore, a single "DS1" communication line supporting 24 modems was disconnected from the University's phone switch and an off-campus "ISDN PRI" from MCI was added in it's place.  The net result was that the on-campus pool was reduced from 48 modems to 24 modems and the on-campus pool was increased from 235 to 258 modems.

Utilization charts for the Springfield on-campus and off-campus modems are available online.

 

October 15, 2001

Soon the Springfield off-campus dialup modem lines will increase by 23 due to the addition of another PRI line.  People using the 417-521-1234 number will have 258 modems available.  

With the network expansion into residence halls, the on-campus modem pool has had little activity for several months.  One of the DS1 lines will be taken from this pool and moved to the off-campus pool for expansion where demand is greater.  There are 24 available modems for on-campus modem service (9,521-1234)  which will continue to meet the demand of campus users.

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Please direct any questions or concerns to Debbi Hackeson or Mark Harsen in Networking.