Paying for bandwidth (Score 2, Informative)

I completely agree with many of the people who have said that the universities should charge for bandwidth. I go to Cornell University and this is in fact what is done here on campus. In the newer dorms you can buy TV connections and therefore get cable internet, or you can use the on campus internet. For anyone who uses the on campus internet service, ResNet, their usage is monitored. We are given 5 GB/month and each additional GB is $1.50. This is only for off campus traffic however so there is still a lot of on campus P2P sharing. But, I think this is a much better step than completely stopping traffic outright. Students are free to do what they want and the university is reimbursed if someone goes crazy with bandwidth.