Network Traffic Charge

Students should be aware that all network traffic, to and from their computers, where the origin and destination is outside of the CUDN (Cambridge), is chargeable and that there are NO free periods of use.

From the start of the academic year 2009, all students will be charged for network traffic, and the statistics that we will use, will come from Firerack, NOT JANET.

Users will be given a quota of 5Gb per month which is FREE, anything over 5Gb will then be charged at 0.01p per Megabyte, 10p per Gigabyte.

To view your current network usage statistics please log into
https://register.quns.cam.ac.uk/members/ and choose 'Traffic Statistics'.

Users will be notified with several emails when they approaching their quota.
You will be charged if you exceed this.

The main culprits for large Network Traffic charges are File Sharing programs.
These include, but are not limited to, Skype, Napster, iTunes, Real Player streaming, Limewire, eDonkey, 4OD (Channel 4 On-Demand), 4OD Streaming, BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Streaming.

NOTE: Data can still be transferred from your computer if it is left idle during the day or overnight, especially if you have any file sharing program installed AND it is still connected to the network AND you have downloaded any sharable data.

If you are incurring heavy network traffic, and are not sure why, disconnect your computer from the network and consult the Computer Officer immediately.