From The Northern Light:
[George] Brandenburg and the members of Take The Internet Back started sending a stream of emails to IT Services and [vice provost Rich] Whitney detailing the importance of reliable Internet access in their lives and asking what the problem was.
Whitney responded in an email to the group saying, "Basically, there is nothing different for your wired access today than there was 2 weeks ago. We have not yet implemented rate throttling although we notified the community of our intent to do so."
Whitney further went on to explain that sites such as NetFlix, Hulu, and other legitimate streaming websites would work just fine on the 2Mb/s speed that was proposed - addressing a big concern of the group members.
The university received 878 complaints of copyright violation last year. The students say they just don't want to be punished for the actions of a few lawbreakers on campus. Read more at The Northern Light.
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