The Network Policy Committee, IT Roundtable and the Vice President for ISC announce the new Unused PennNet Wallplates Policy. This policy was approved on May 20, 2016. 

This policy describes the circumstances under which PennNet wallplates (jacks) may be considered unused and the process by which they can be disabled and deactivated in an effort to reduce customer costs, improve accuracy of billing and improve the security of PennNet in a programmatic way. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that customers are billed only for PennNet wallplates that they are using while ensuring the best use of capital assets such as switches and router interfaces that are necessary to support active wallplates.

The Network Policy Committee’s charge and policy approval process are at http://www.upenn.edu/computing/group/npc/

Faculty and staff may wish to contact their Local Support Provider (https://www.isc.upenn.edu/get-it-help) if they have concerns about specific wallplates that may be affected by this policy. For other questions related to this policy, contact the Network Policy Committee at network-policy@isc.upenn.edu

The text of the policy can be found online at http://www.upenn.edu/computing/group/npc/approved/20140920-unusedwallplate.html