UTAustin Public Network Access PNA Usage, Spring Fall 2004

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UT-Austin Public Network Access (PNA)Usage,
Spring Fall 2004

• Tim Eakin
• Shanna Smith
• ITS User Services/Research Consulting
• The University of Texas at Austin

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Key Topics

• Increases in usage from spring to fall 2004
• Overall patterns of usage for fall 2004
• PNA representation by status, gender, ethnicity,
  and college

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Growth in Unique Users of PNA Wireless, 2002 -
2004
Spring 2002 2003 values estimated from ITS
Survey 2004 values from PNA logs
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Trends in Usage, Spring to Fall 2004

• Number of unique users
• Average daily volume of connections
• Median length of connections
• Increases by faculty, staff, student status
• Increases by college

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Number of Unique Users, 2004
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Percentages of Users within Status
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Percentages of Connections by Status
Spring
Fall
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Percent Unique Users within Colleges
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Overall Patterns of Usage, Fall 2004

• Cycles across weeks
• Cycles within the week
• Connection lengths

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Length of Connection by Status
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Campus Representation Within the PNA User
Community

• Status (including undergraduate class)
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• College

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Status
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Gender
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Ethnicity
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College
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Summary

• Growth very strong in terms of unique users and
  number of connections also may be growth in
  connection length
• Largest users are graduate students, but
  undergrads are catching up. Staff do not use
  heavily.
• Males are more likely to connect than females.
• Professional colleges (Law, LBJ, Business,
  Engineering) are most likely to use.
• Law and Business are over-represented in terms of
  numbers of connections Liberal Arts, Natural
  Sciences, and Administrative staff are
  under-represented.