Allow BitTorrent at the University of Florida
4 November, 2004To: Norbert Dunkel, Director of Housing & Residence Education; Azfar Mian, Associate Director of Housing for Administrative Services and Robert Bird, Network Services SupervisorThe... continue reading »
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Keys Complex Many legal programs use BT as the only means of updates. Some of these programs are academic, such as many Linux programs. DHnet's block is hindering academic success at the University of Florida. DH"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Simpsons В"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Beaty West В"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Graham Bittorrent has many legal and important uses. Banning it entirely is utter garbage."
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Jennings Hall wtf, other universities allow bittorrent..."
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Osceola Hall В"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) hume go gators!!1111 lolollolo wtf golden nites sux"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) .. BitTorrent is one of the best shareing programs out thare, Just under limewire. It would probily make things like shareing images, reports, etc amoung the students alot easyer,,, SAVE BITTORRENT@!!"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Hume If you are afraid of the huge bandwith caused by bt, then just cap the upload and download speeds to a reasonable rate. Blocking it is killing its legitimate uses as well."
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Hume East The downloading of some modifications for programing software are only legally distributed on BitTorrent-type systems. This restricts my use as a student and makes me have to drive an hour and a half ho"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) University Terrace В"
"Name of Residence Hall (Room unnecessary) Thomas В"
