Security, Policies & Guidelines

Bandwidth Management – (Admin Council approved)

Purpose of Policy: This policy helps to insure that adequate bandwidth is available for official university use. It also reminds network users of possible copyright violations.

NMSU limits the aggregate bandwidth for applications associated with peer-to-peer file sharing to five percent of the total NMSU bandwidth with no application receiving more than one Mbit/s of bandwidth. During off-peak hours, the bandwidth for applications associated peer-to-peer file sharing will be increased to no more that 20 percent of the total NSMU bandwidth.

NMSU will not eliminate the use of peer-to-peer file sharing programs on the network, nor monitor the content of file sharing programs, unless mandated by law.

It is against the law for students, faculty and staff to use copyrighted material without license.

NMSU Administrative Council must approve changes in this policy.