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Computing and Internet Resources at Dartmouth
Members of the Dartmouth community rely on one of the College’s historical strengths —
computing and information technology — to help them weave an ever-expanding
virtual community. Faculty, staff, and students can sit almost anywhere
on campus — indoors or out — and access world-class resources, without plugging
in to a network connection. In fact, the 2005 edition of the Kaplan/Newsweek
America's Hottest Colleges rated Dartmouth "Hottest
for the Tech-Savvy."
 While there are a number of tools for building this community,
the virtual Dartmouth starts with the College’s World Wide Web domain, www.dartmouth.edu, which is made up
of thousands of sites, comprising hundreds of thousands of individual Web
pages. This constantly-evolving electronic commons provides visitors the latest
news and information about the College, links alumni around the globe in an
electronic reunion, offers entré to Dartmouth’s administration, and is a
resource for current, prospective, undergraduate, and graduate students, as
well as current faculty and staff.
BlitzMail — an electronic mail system developed at Dartmouth in
1988 — also helps keep the conversation current. With more than 60,000
subscribers, including all students, faculty, and staff and all alumni of the
College, BlitzMail is the electronic messaging medium of choice.
Voice and video are also being integrated into the network environment,
adding innovative multimedia and telecommunication services at the touch of a
key.
Off-campus Internet Access
Off the Dartmouth campus, different levels of Internet access service – from
dial-up and DSL to cable and wireless Internet access – are available around
the Upper Valley (depending on location) from a host of other service
providers. Among the providers is ValleyNet, a collaboration of Dartmouth and
the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont.
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