ITS Helpdesk
Phone: 8303 3000

Telecommunications
Phone: 8303 3333

Online Education
Phone: 8303 3335

Audio Visual Support
Phone: 8303 3933

Information Technology
Services
Level 9, 9 Gawler Place
The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia

Email
Phone: +61 8 8303 5716
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4400

Internet Quota

The University manages access and use of the internet through the allocation of quotas. University funded internet quota is provided for all University IT account holders based on their relationship with the University. Information about quota allocations, and how to acquire more, is detailed below.

Quota period and allowance

The following table provides information on internet quota for all IT Account holders:

	Staff, Title Holders, Visitors, Postgraduates research students	Students including Undergraduates, Honours and Postgraduate coursework
Applicable period for quota	Quota applies while relationship with University is current	There are 2 internet traffic quota periods per year: - 1st January to 30th June, and - 1st July to 31st December.
University funded Quota	Unlimited	The following University funded quota is provided for each quota period; Undergraduates - 250Mb Honours - 500Mb Postgraduates (coursework) - 500Mb International students - 500Mb At the end of each quota period University funded quotas are set to zero.
Area funded quota	Internet usage is reported to Areas which will be responsible for all traffic costs.	Academic staff can request additional quota for individual students or courses. This will be charged at $0.05 per Mb in increments of $5 per student via a web form.
Warnings	Warnings may be sent if excessive or inappropriate use of the internet is detected.	An email warning is sent to students when they have used 25%, 50%, and 75% of their quota. When students have exceeded their quota they will receive an email informing them that; - they have used all their university funded quota, - their access to the external internet is blocked, and - they can purchase additional quota from the Student Centre.

Purchasing extra internet quota

Students can purchase self funded quota at the Student Centre on North Terrace Campus, at the Main Office on Roseworthy Campus or enquire in the WISA office on Waite Campus. The self funded quotas for internet traffic are charged at $0.05 per Mb in various bundles between a minimum of 120Mb for $6 to a maximum of 1Gb for $50.

At the end of each quota period any remaining self funded quota is applied to the next period. Self funded quota is not refundable when leaving the University.

Monitoring internet usage

Each night, internet traffic usage from the previous day is debited against a student's quota and complete transaction records are made available on the SNAP website. Staff can also view their internet usage through this page:

http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/current/snap/