This is justified for many VI students who use screen magnification
or screenreaders and who need to use the internet fairly
extensibely for their courses. The main reason being the auto-
timeout operated by most dialup services doesn't give one time to
read web pages and other materials before one is disconnected.
On 8 Oct 2002, at 9:58, Steve Clayton wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> We are coming under increasing pressure from students to fund Broadband
> internet services for students under their DSA since BT's rather expensive
> advertising campaign. Would anyone have any views on when Broadband would be
> more appropriate for students than standard internet sevices?
>
> At a cost of £25 a month it's significantly more costly and at the moment we
> are not approving these costs if standard services meet the student's needs.
>
> Any coments?
>
> regards
>
> ___________________________________________
> Steve Clayton
> Manager, DSAs planning and resources
> Disabled Student Services Section
> The Open University
> Tel: ++44 (01908 858937) Fax (01908 659044)
Steve Metcalfe
Head of Disability Access Resources and Technology
Director National Association of Disability Officers
University of Lincoln
Tel: 01522 886400
Fax: 01522 886489
Minicom: 01482 463571
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