Here at Leeds we have a separate PC which still has a dial-up connection. This is proving to be increasingly impractical given 1) It is on the same line as the team's phone, and 2) the increasing file sizes involved for resources we want to test are causing ever-lengthier download times.
I have been trying to get onto a broadband arrangement. Initially, I tried a dongle as this would avoid the permanence of wires, etc. and upheaval if the team were to change location. Unfortunately, the fact we are situated in the middle of a large building of substantial concrete construction meant the mobile signal was rarely strong enough for 3G speeds to be reached. The arrangement's advantage over dial-up was thus cancelled out (I had beforehand done a crude survey as to the signal strengths for colleagues' mobile phones which suggested a dongle would be worth trying given the 14-day cooling-off period on the contract if all was not well).
Hardwired broadband, for us, is the only option. However, as there is a remote possibility the team will be re-locating this is currently on hold.
Ian Jennings
Electronic Resources Team Leader
Health Sciences Library
Worsley Building
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 5502
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Subject: [LIS-E-RESOURCES] Off-campus testing of eresources
Hi,
What arrangements do other institutions have for testing eresources off
campus? Do you have access to broadband? We currently use dial up which is
proving to be a little slow.
Many thanks,
Sharon
Sharon Robinson
Electronic Resources Advisor
Edinburgh Napier University
Craiglockhart Campus
Edinburgh EH14 1DJ
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