ResNet Newsletter 4: Freewire TV, free laptop clinics & fair usage policy
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This newsletter is being sent to all ResNet users and is also available on our blog at www.bristolresnet.net
More channels and Apple Mac version of Freewire TV
We've just made some improvements to Freewire TV on ResNet. We've added several international channels to the lineup today, including Al Jazeera, TV5, DW-TV, PCNE & Zee Music. Freewire is also now available to Mac users for the first time.
If you want to use Freewire first go to My ResNet www.resnet.bristol.ac.uk/myresnet and turn on the signal for your room. Then go to www.freewiretv.com and download the software for either Windows or Mac.
New free Laptop Clinics every weekday afternoon
- Slow, unwell computer?
- Can’t connect to the Internet?
- Computer viruses or spyware?
At the Student Laptop Clinic we’ll look at your laptop while you wait, and fix it if we can, free of charge. The clinics are running from 2pm - 5pm every weekday until Easter. Please bring your laptop (and power supply) during those times to the IT Help Desk at the Computer Centre, Tyndall Avenue.
We can only fix software and configuration problems (we can't repair physically broken hardware). Even with software problems we can't fix everything, but if not we can provide advice on what to do next, information to help you fix the problem yourself or suggestions about who else you can contact.
The laptop clinics are a new trial service for all students. They are available from Monday 11th February until Thursday 28th March. We are running these clinics as a trial this term to see how useful and popular they are. If successful we'll consider how to provide further help next year.
Changes to ResNet fair usage policy - new offpeak allowance & second chance system
We've made two changes to the ResNet fair usage policy http://www.bristol.ac.uk/is/computing/advice/homeusers/resnet/about/usage.html
- From Monday 11th February we now have weekly allowances of 35GB off-peak (midnight to 6pm) and 5GB on-peak (6pm to midnight). Previously there was no explicit limit off-peak. It is very unlikely this will affect you, as in the last two weeks only 19 people on ResNet used more than 35GB off-peak.
- We now have a 'second chance' system so that if you accidentally go over the allowance you have an opportunity to carry on as normal. You can use this second chance once per year.
To view your own usage see My ResNet www.resnet.bristol.ac.uk/myresnet