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The aim of this paper is to share our experiences with the establishment of a cost-effective policy for the utilization of limited infrastructure resources in developing nations. In particular, this paper discusses a case study of the American University of Nigeria that provides an example of the successful management of limited Internet bandwidth among a large group of users. Data from an Internet proxy server were studied to determine how traffic was allocated to different categories of digital content. The results from this study show that only a tiny fraction of expensive bandwidth was used for resources directly related to education. To address bandwidth limitations, a restrictive policy was proposed as a solution to improve the user browsing experience while not compromising access to critical resources. Preliminary policy implementation trials restricting certain applications, such as downloading large files and prohibiting Peer-to-Peer (P2P) traffic, indicated good results. The study also shows very positive financial implications of the proposed policy. These results show that limited investments in infrastructure management can significantly reduce the running expenses of the project, which facilitates its sustainability. The results of this study are of particular interest to other institutions and companies in developing nations that are facing similar expensive bandwidth problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internet is a tool for knowledge acquisition, research, information sharing and communication. This paper examined internet access and usage among students in the faculties of Science and Social and Management Science in Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. Nigeria. A total of 503 respondents were used for the study. Data were collected and analysed using descriptive statistics such as the mean and frequency distribution with percentage. From the findings, the respondents recognised the relevance of internet to their academic work but internet facility abounds more in Cybercafé than on the campus. There was limited internet access on the campus owing to slow server and irregular power. The study recommended upgrade of bandwidth and provision of alternative power supply. For enhanced excel lent library service the study suggest university library to seize the opportunity by providing adequate internet services and so be business conscious for this is an avenue of generating income for the library. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]