Subject: DSL Speed Update
   Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 09:42:25 -0400
   From: Housing <univhous@andrew.cmu.edu>
     To: <Oakland-Residents@wgs.housing.cmu.edu>


Dear Oakland Community Residents

 As some of you may have noticed, the DSL service that you are provided
 with has been running very slow at certain times of the day.  We are
 doing everything possible to correct this situation.  As of today, there
 should be a direct link between Telerama (your DSL Provider) and CMU.
 What this means is that web pages, and other networking back to campus
 should now be significantly faster, as they can travel over this link
 and not the internet in general.  This will also provide a speed
 improvement to general web sites, as this pip will free that traffic from 
 Telerama's internet connection, leaving room for more of your information.

        The internet connectivity in general is also getting upgraded.  2
 Additional links to the internet are ordered for Telerama, and are being
 rushed through as quickly as possible.  The maximum time for these lines to
 be up, should be no more than 3 weeks.  We are doing everything we can to
 aleviate this problem, and we thank you for your patience in this matter.
 Feel free to contact me with any of your concerns through this
 Transitional time.

 Wayne Popinski
 Information and Technology Assistant
 Housing Services





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