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...ESPN, or stay up to date on the war with CNN, are nearly over,” says Undergraduate Council representative Wes Kauble ’06. The council has passed a resolution introduced by Kauble urging the administration to implement an innovative and inexpensive “ethernet cable” system. The collective dream of cable access in every Harvard dorm appears close to becoming a reality. The final decision falls to the Committee on House Life, which should implement the Kauble cable plan...
Instead of wiring every dorm with conventional television cables—a laborious and costly process—Kauble’s initiative makes use of new technology to bring cable channels direct to students’ desktops, via ethernet. “While it is much too expensive to install cable boxes in every dorm room,” says Kauble, “cable television via the existing ethernet network provides an affordable alternative that will finally bring students the programming that they deserve”. This technology has already been proven effective on the Northwestern University campus...
...Wireless ethernet will be confined to common areas of the Houses, at least for the near future, and will not cover individual dorm rooms, Davis says...
First-years may also have a long wait before they have access to wireless ethernet in their dorm common areas, mainly because of restrictions on altering the buildings in Harvard Yard...
Although they may not have wireless ethernet in all classrooms, soon students from across the University will be able to access a wireless network on any of Harvard’s campuses...