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Volume 4, No 8 Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis May 1996


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Modem Users Will Have New Options

Skyrocketing calls to the modem pool have been greeted by busy signals, but alternative service is at hand. Campus leaders asked Information Technology to "freeze" the modem pool at 500 modems and solicit bids from private vendors to provide campus users with other options.

Information Technology will continue to provide baseline service through the existing modem pool, and those seeking a guaranteed access to the network will have an opportunity to benefit from a vendor contract.

The recommendation to provide additional modem service options was made by the Joint Campus Committee on Information Technology (JCCIT) and the Committee on Academic Planning and Budget Review (CAPBR).

Over the past four years, calls to the modem pool have virtually doubled on an annual basis. Even though the campus modem pool has more than quadrupled in size, callers still complain of busy signals.