Welcome
to the Imagine Network
Cal Poly's Internet Connection
This
site is dedicated to providing you with information on Imagine,
Cal Poly's 56K Internet Connection Service, and on residential
broadband in the local area.
About the Imagine Network:
Imagine Network is Cal Poly's on-campus 56K Internet
Service Provider which allows you to connect to the Internet from
Home-Sweet-Home, using your home computer.
Imagine
is run at Cal Poly, by Cal Poly's Network Administration department,
which is dedicated solely to providing Cal Poly with Network and
Internet connectivity. At Imagine, we do not provide Internet
connections through any corporation, organization or outside ISP.
It all happens right here at Cal Poly. This means that we are
able to provide you with a free connection to the Internet.
Imagine Features:
- Express
Internet Access(students) - 20-minutes, 5-minute delay before
reconnect
- Life
Line Internet Access(faculty/staff/emeritus) - 4-hours
- Fast
Connections, with V.90, 56K*
- E-mail
from your home or apartment using Netscape Navigator or Microsoft
Internet Explorer (for web surfing), and Netscape Messenger
or Microsoft Outlook Express (for e-mail)
- Software
and Technical Support for PC (Win 2000, Win XP) and Macintosh
(OS 9/10.2)
- The
Imagine CD provides all the software to connect you to the internet
quickly and easily (Available at El Corral Bookstore and for
check-out at Kennedy Library. The Imagine installation software
may also be downloaded here.)
-
Local telephone numbers from San Simeon to Carpinteria. (For
more info, see our Local Access Numbers
section.)
* 56K Modems can receive data at speeds of up to 56Kbps; however,
due to FCC (Federal Communications Commission) rulings on maximum
permissible transmit power levels during download transmissions,
speeds of 54Kbps are the maximum. Actual data speeds received
will vary depending on line conditions.
Check out what you need to connect, get it, and get online at
our Getting Started section.
Email
Imagine at imagine@calpoly.edu.
