Cumberland University Residential Network
Usage Statistics

The Cumberland University Residential Network is provided by the University and partially funded by the students' technology fee. The purpose of the network is to provide students with the ability to access resources needed to help them become successful in their higher education endeavors. It is also available for students to maintain contact with their family and friends at home and to provide a diversion from the rigors of the pursuit of academic excellence.

It is important, however, to ensure that some students' entertainment does not prohibit other students from gaining access to educational materials.

Usage Statistics by Application

These statistics were taken from a sample day to demonstrate the show the bandwidth consumption P2P applications on the Cumberland University Residential Network. While these statistics have proven to be consistent with the mean, P2P bandwidth usage has gone above 95 percent often.

Total Bandwidth Consumption

The Cumberland University Residential Network is serviced by a single T1 wide area network (WAN) connection that provides 1.5 megabytes to the dormitories. This connection is not shared with any other part of the campus and is not being used by the University to provided any services aside from Internet connectivity to the dormitories. Below is a line chart showing the total usage of this WAN connection by the University's residents from February 1 through February 23, 2003. It clearly shows that the residential network's Internet connection is regularly meeting or exceeding the bandwidth allocated to it.