Residential Computing announces a major milestone for automated network registration at Stanford. As of Thursday, September 18, 2003 (freshman arrival day for the 2003-04 academic year), students who live in on-campus housing can register on the Stanford University Network (SUNet) from their rooms simply by plugging their computer into their in-room network jack and completing the registration form. For more information, visit the information page on in-room registration:

http://rescomp.stanford.edu/info/inrooms/

Beginning in 2005-06, all students who live in on-campus housing (except Schwab) will be automatically assessed a new Telecommunications Fee for phone and Internet service on the quarterly University Bill. For more info, visit:

New Telecommunications Fee FAQ

Also, take a look at the following article that appeared in the February 16 issue of the Daily:

Phone, Internet costs combined into one bill

As of August 20, 2005, all residents will automatically be assessed a new Telecommunications Fee on their quarterly University bill. This fee covers land-line telephone service as well as in-room network connections and replaces the monthly billing structure for Internet service. For more information on this change, review:

New Telecommunications Fee FAQ

A new DMCA complaint policy was announced via email to all students on Tuesday, May 15, 2007-- the new policy involves an Internet reconnect fee and represents a significant change in actions the university will take in addressing violations. For information on the new policy please see: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/legal/recent/DMCAReconnectfee5-11-07.Web.pdf. If you have questions about the DMCA Reconnect Fee policy, please contact Lauren Schoenthaler (at: lks@stanford.edu), Senior University Counsel. For more information on file-sharing and copyright law, please visit our FAQ at: http://rescomp.stanford.edu/info/dmca/.