A new type of Internet connection will become available to EMU that will provide more flexibility in meeting future Internet connectivity needs. This new service will require some downtime for the Internet connection to EMU.

An outside consultant will assist with this operation. Coordination will be required with our current Internet provider, nTelos.

We anticipate that about an hour of interuption will be required, however, there may be lingering affects that will require up to several hours until the up-stream DNS servers learn of this new type of connection. However, no email message should be lost, only delayed.

Systems Affected include: Internet connection, email, off-campus access to web systems on-campus (i.e. Blackboard, Campus Web, WebMail). All on-campus access to these web systems will NOT be affected.