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GatorLink services

UF faculty, staff and students receive the following services at no charge.

Internet mailbox - free email used through an Internet connection on Webmail or with an IMAP or POP mail software. This service gives you up to 50Mb of mail storage. Employees may elect to have GatorLink email (username@ufl.edu) forwarded to another email system. Students may only forward to a campus ufl.edu email service or read their GatorLink mailbox.

Internet dialup - dialup Internet connection (PPP/SLIP) through a modem. The Gatorlink dial-up service comes with a flat rate of $5.00 per month as of July 1st, 2006. This provides each user with 3600 minutes (60 hours) of local use.

In December of 2006, this service will undergo a review for the needs and the cost of recovery it takes in order to make a decision on the continuation of the service.

Check your account status under the Modify command to confirm your dialup quota. Contact the UF Computing Help Desk if you need your quota adjusted.

Computer lab access - access to microcomputers (Macs and PCs) and laptop connections in the CIRCA computer labs. This includes an Internet connection, access to your email, popular word processing, spreadsheets and graphic programs. This service is offered on a space-available basis.

Internet webspace - free hosting of web pages accessed through FTP software. This service gives you up to 20 Mb of web space. See Web services for more information.

Additional Services

Grove - UNIX computer services with web space, file storage and email. There is no charge to graduate students and faculty for Grove access . Undergraduate students pay a $15 per semester charge for Grove. NOTE FOR STAFF: a departmental letter stating that this service is needed as part of the department's mission is required before you can successfully add Grove service.

Extra dialup - You may extend your dial-up time by authorizing charges for any use of dial-up within a month that goes beyond your allowed dial-up quota. The charge for additional dial-up minutes is $0.01 per minute of connection time. Select Dialup Billing under the Modify command to authorize charges for additional dial-up.

There are plans to allow department payment of GatorLink dialup charges. However, if you currently have regular need of non-local dialup, you should use a department supplied NERDC account that has dialup or another Internet service provider.

Laser printing - high quality black & white and color printing is available in the CIRCA computer labs for $.10 and $.75 per page respectively. Plotter print is $3.00 per page.