June 20, 2008
End of UMBC Modem Services June 2009
UMBC was an early pioneer in offering modem service for Internet connectivity and we are currently among the last universities in Maryland still offering this. Next year, June 30, 2009 will mark the end of UMBC’s dial-up modem service for the campus community. After June 30, 2009 UMBC will no longer provide any dial-up Internet modem service for UMBC faculty, staff or students.
UMBC has offered this free service for more than 15 years. Over that time we have seen modem use decrease dramatically, especially as faster alternate methods such as Cable modems and DSL became commonly available. Unfortunately, as time has passed our modem infrastructure has also aged making them more expensive to maintain. We are now at a point where we would need to make substantial new investments to maintain modem service.
There a number of extremely cost effective alternatives, including a number that support high-speed access. We have listed a number of these options below.
NOTE: These options are only recommendations and are in no way affiliated or supported by the University. It is up to individuals to assess their needs and work with the vendor they feel is appropriate for their situation.
Modems:
www.netzero.net
DSL:
www.verizon.com/dsl
Broadband:www.comcast.com/highspeedoffer
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June 23, 2006
Solution to Dialup/Modem Issues
On June 13th 2006, Microsoft released a Windows Security Patch that among other things broke modem dial-up. This issue is affecting many other institutions and businesses in addition to UMBC modem users. This problem is not affecting Mac users.
We have been in contact with Microsoft and they informed us that they will be creating a new patch to fix this problem within 1-2 weeks. Until they release the revised patch you will need to uninstall the current patch and setup your machine to not install it again.
We have created a web page to document this process at
http://www.umbc.edu/oit/modems/kb911280.html
If you have any questions please contact the OIT helpdesk at helpdesk@umbc.edu or 410-455-3838
Michael Carlin
Director Infrastructure and Support
Office of Information Technology
Posted by anna at 1:37 PM