• dramatically increase the networking revenue to CIT with no corresponding adjustment to rates 
  
• cause considerable budget problems for many of our units with no time to plan or respond 
  
• necessitate either the removal of network connections where funding is unavailable or "exceptions" to the policies and rates 
  
• foster contention between CIT/OIT and the rest of the Cornell computing community
  

CCD Recommendations:

1. Freeze network and phone rates at the current (FY02) levels. According to CIT/OIT, these rates adequately recover network expenses.
   
2. Continue the "hublet truce" until such time as a new rate model is established.
   
3. Establish a "Public Service Commission," advising the Provost, Vice President Planning and Budget, and CFO, with cross-campus representation (including members of CCD, COG, FABIT, CAG, No Name Group, Student & Academic Services...) to establish network and phone rates. Charge this group with developing an equitable rate model that can be fairly applied and oversight of proposed network enhancements and modifications.
   
4. Require proposed rates be available for review and discussion not less than one fiscal year prior to implementation.
   
5. Direct the CIT Networking group to work with the CCD members, the Unit/College financial managers, and the "PSC" in determining what network strategy and pricing works best for each Unit/College and for the University as a whole, given the varied infrastructure in place across campus.